State v. Sheffield

Decided 1984-08-27

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OPINION FONES, Justice. This is a direct appeal of a death penalty case. Defendant was convicted of first degree murder in the perpetration of rape and sentenced to death upon the jury’s finding of three aggravating circumstances, to wit: subsections 2, 5 and 7 of T.C.A. § 39 — 2—203(i), and no mitigating circumstances. I.…

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