Tennessee Supreme Court· 8/1/1988

State v. Smith

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755 S.W.2d 757

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concluding that indictments alleging that the defendant had committed armed robbery and simple robbery were properly admitted in support of the aggravating circumstance when the defendant was ultimately only convicted of simple robbery
holding that the trial court did not err in denying the defendant’s motion for a mistrial when there was no indication that the State “intended or anticipated that the witness would mention that the defendant had been in jail”
accepting Lowenfield v. Phelps, 484 U.S. 231, 108 S.Ct. 546, 98 L.Ed.2d 568 (1988) on the use of felony murder as an aggravating circumstance
detailing evidence presented at the suppression hearing and determining that it was sufficient to support the trial court’s determination that the Petitioner’s statement had been voluntarily given and not coerced
detailing evidence presented at the suppression hearing and determining that it was sufficient to support the trial court’s determination that the Petitioner’s statement had been voluntarily given and not coerced

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Judges: Brock, Cooper, Drowota, Fones, Harbison

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