Opinion

State v. Hartman

  • 703 S.W.2d 106
  • 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 616
Court
Tennessee Supreme Court
Filed
Oct 28, 1985
Status
Published
Author
Brock
On the bench
Fones, Cooper, Brock, Harbi-Son, Drowota
Cited by
43 cases
Authority
More cited than 7.3%

upholding death sentence based upon Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13- -20- 204(i)(5), (6), and (8)

How later courts described this case

  • upholding death sentence based upon Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13- -20- 204(i)(5), (6), and (8)
  • abduction and vicious rape of victim in remote wooded area created a jury issue on torture and depravity

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

BROCK, Justice

concurring in part; dissenting in part.

With respect to the constitutionality of the death penalty, I adhere to the views expressed in my dissenting opinion in State v. Dicks, Tenn., 615 S.W.2d 126, 132 (1981); in all other respects I concur in the opinion of the Court.

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