Tennessee Supreme Court· 10/3/1994

State v. Smith

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893 S.W.2d 908
1994 Tenn. LEXIS 278

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holding that a witness’s statement that the defendant “hadn’t been too long out of jail” was not prejudicial in light of the proof
concluding that the trial court’s instruction on flight, coupled with the overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt, rendered any error regarding the instruction harmless
concluding that an unresponsive and unsolicited reference to the defendant’s incarceration could not have prejudicially affected the verdict or sentence in light of the overwhelming proof of the defendant’s guilt
holding that “the jury is presumed to have followed” a trial court’s instructions
holding that the trial court properly denied the defendant’s motion for a mistrial after a witness made an “unresponsive and unsolicited” statement about the defendant’s having been in jail and a curative instruction was given
concluding that trial court did not err in refusing a mistrial when a witness referenced the defendant serving time in jail where the response was unsolicited, the court gave curative instructions, and the proof against the defendant was overwhelming

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Judges: Drowota, O'Brien, Anderson, Reid, Daughtrey

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