Tennessee Supreme Court· 5/17/1999

State v. Smith

Citations

993 S.W.2d 6
1999 Tenn. LEXIS 269
1999 WL 304405

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holding that counsel will not be found ineffective for following the decision of a competent and fully informed defendant who opts to forego the investigation into and presentation of mitigating evidence
holding that counsel will not be found ineffective for following the decision of a competent and fully informed defendant who opts to forego the investigation into and presentation of mitigating evidence
affirming this court’s conclusion that “[p]rosecutorial discretion used in selecting candidates for the death penalty does not result in any constitutional deprivation”
affirming this court’s conclusion that “[p]rosecutorial discretion used in selecting candidates for the death penalty does not result in any constitutional deprivation”
approving sentence based on prior convictions for robbery and first degree murder
defendant murdered store owner in course of a robbery and prior violent felony aggravator applied

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Judges: Drowota, Anderson, Holder, Barker, Birch, See, Smith, Craft

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