Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 4/16/2002

State v. Page

Citations

81 S.W.3d 781
2002 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 332

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recognizing that a faulty mens rea instruction will be harmless error in many homicide trials
concluding that “the mens rea of the defendant was indeed the disputed issue at trial,” and therefore error in instruction on mens rea could not be harmless
concluding that first degree premeditated murder, a knowing second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, reckless homicide and criminally negligent homicide are “result-of-conduct offenses”; Appendix of a proper jury charge included
concluding that an error in instructing the jury on nature-of- conduct rather than result-of-conduct language was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt when “the mens rea of the defendant was indeed the disputed issue at trial”
stating that “[i]f a culpable mental state is not specified [in the statute defining the offense], then intentional, knowing, or reckless will generally suffice”
suggesting that the jury be instructed that “‘[k]nowingly’ means that a person acts with an awareness that [his] [her] conduct is reasonably certain to cause the death of the alleged victim”

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Judges: Joe G. Riley

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