Tennessee Supreme Court· 4/17/2001

State v. Sims

Citations

45 S.W.3d 1
2001 WL 378686
2001 Tenn. LEXIS 349

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concluding that the failure to make an offer of proof regarding excluded evidence results in a waiver of the issue
holding that under the post-1989 aggravating factor, a trial court “must necessarily examine the facts underlying the prior felony if the statutory elements of that felony may be satisfied either with or without proof of violence”
noting that evidence of repeated blows ―evidencing the particularly brutal nature of the killing‖ are relevant to establishing premeditation, although such evidence, standing alone, is not dispositive
discussing trial court's broad discretion under the identical provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-204(c) (1997)
affirming the appellate court’s holding that voluntary manslaughter is a lesser-included of first degree murder under the Burns statutory elements test
finding evidence of repeated blows is relevant to establish premeditation, although this evidence alone is not sufficient to establish premeditation

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Judges: Janice M. Holder

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