Tennessee Supreme Court· 4/16/1990

State v. Payne

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791 S.W.2d 10
1990 Tenn. LEXIS 169

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upholding the death sentence where the defendant stabbed his girlfriend’s neighbor and the neighbor’s two-year-old daughter and the jury found three of the same aggravating circumstances as those applied in this case
imposing death penalty for stabbing two victims, where one victim was stabbed forty-one times and the second was stabbed nine times upon finding aggravating circumstances (i)(3) and (i)(5)
imposing death penalty for stabbing two victims, where one victim was stabbed forty-one times and the second was stabbed nine times upon finding aggravating circumstances (i)(3) and (i)(5)
upholding the death sentence where the defendant stabbed his girlfriend’s neighbor and the neighbor’s two-year-old daughter and the jury found three of the same aggravating circumstances as those applied in this case
upholding death sentence in case where defendant stabbed his girlfriend’s neighbor and the neighbor’s two- year-old daughter; age of victim, risk of death to two or more, and heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravators as to the child
“Evidence should not be excluded for non-compliance except when it is shown that Defendant is actually prejudiced by the State’s failure and the prejudice cannot otherwise be eradicated.”

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Judges: Fones, Drowota, Cooper, Harbison, O'Brien

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