Tennessee Supreme Court· 6/27/1983

State v. Laney

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654 S.W.2d 383
1983 Tenn. LEXIS 782

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“The absence of proper legal guidance [at capital sentencing] invites ... a certain degree of capriciousness in the deliberation.”
erroneous inclusion of defendant’s alias in indictment was not prejudicial where state’s evidence clearly established defendant’ guilty
trial court should charge only those aggravating circumstances the evidence supports
defendant diagnosed as “borderline mentally retarded” with IQ of 72 subject to death penalty
jurors are presumed to follow the instructions given by the trial judge
defendant robbed and shot a storekeeper in the victim's driveway

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Judges: Drowota, Fones, Cooper, Harbi-Son, Brock

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