Tennessee Supreme Court· 10/5/2000

State v. Keen

Citations

31 S.W.3d 196
2000 Tenn. LEXIS 565

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stating that pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-35-117(b), the trial court is required to sentence the defendant based on the 1989 Sentencing Act, and the court is without jurisdiction to sentence the defendant otherwise
defining “direct evidence” as “evidence which proves the existence of the fact in issue without inference or presumption”
defining “direct evidence” as “evidence which proves the existence of the fact in issue without inference or presumption”
stating “[a] jury’s ability to use its collective knowledge, experience, and common sense to assist in reaching a determination in these weighty and complex matters is the very strength of the jury system”
upholding sentence of death where defendant raped and choked his girlfriend’s eight-year- old daughter and threw her into a river while she was still alive; age of victim and heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravators
defendant forcibly raped victim and killed her by strangulation; no prior criminal record

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Judges: William M. Barker

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