determining that a juror‟s affidavit supporting the defendant‟s claim that his constitutional right to remain silent had not been honored by the jury was inadmissible under Rule 606(b)
How later courts described this case
- determining that a juror‟s affidavit supporting the defendant‟s claim that his constitutional right to remain silent had not been honored by the jury was inadmissible under Rule 606(b)
- after abducting his victim, shooting him to death, rolling his body over a cliff, and stealing his truck, defendant was sentenced to death based on the aggravating circumstances that he committed the murder to avoid arrest and prosecution and committed the murder while committing larceny and kidnapping
- after abducting his victim, shooting him to death, and stealing his truck, defendant was sentenced to death based on the aggravating circumstances that he committed the murder to avoid arrest and prosecution and committed the murder while committing larceny and kidnapping
- irrelevant evidence that Defendant changed the vehicle identification number on automobile was clearly harmless error beyond a reasonable doubt
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The opinion
*252 BROCK, Chief Judge,
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.