Tennessee Supreme Court· 8/5/1985

State v. King

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694 S.W.2d 941
1985 Tenn. LEXIS 608

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reiterating that if self-serving declarations were admissible, then an accused could create proof for himself by making exculpatory statements for later use at trial to show his innocence
stating \[e]ven if the proof as to this aggravating circumstance were marginal . . . .\
thirty-three-year-old defendant murdered the proprietor of a tavern during the course of a robbery, death sentence upheld based upon (i)(2) and (i)(7) aggravators
33-year-old defendant murdered the proprietor of a tavern during the course of a robbery; sentence of death upheld based upon (i)(2) and (i)(7) aggravating circumstances
thirty-three-year-old defendant murdered the proprietor of a tavern during the course of a robbery, death sentence upheld based upon aggravating circumstances (i)(2) and (i)(7)
statements by codefendants 20 which tend to corroborate the defendant’s version of the facts but do not inculpate the codefendant are not admissible under the statement against interest exception

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Judges: Harbison, Cooper, Fones, Dro-Wota, Brock

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