Tennessee Supreme Court· 8/14/2007

State v. Strode

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232 S.W.3d 1
2007 Tenn. LEXIS 666

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holding that “the question of whether an individual is mentally retarded for purposes of eligibility [for] the death penalty is a mixed question of law and fact”
holding that a statute is ambiguous if it is \susceptible of two interpretations\
holding that a statute is ambiguous if it is “susceptible of two interpretations”
noting that “we must give effect to every word, phrase, clause, and sentence in constructing a statute” (quoting State v. Jennings, 130 S.W.3d 43, 46 (Tenn. 2004))
noting that “we must give effect to every word, phrase, clause, and sentence in constructing a statute” (quoting State v. Jennings, 130 S.W.3d 43, 46 (Tenn. 2004))
finding that the court failed to explain the full range of punishment where the court never informed the defendant of the minimum sentence or the that the sentences could run consecutively

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Judges: Cornelia A. Clark

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