# State v. Buck

> Tennessee Supreme Court · January 30, 1984 · 670 S.W.2d 600

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9759855

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Joseph Glenn BUCK, Appellant
- **Court:** Tennessee Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 30, 1984
- **Citations:** 670 S.W.2d 600; 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 926
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Brock
- **Judges:** Fones, Cooper, Harbison, Drowota, Brock
- **Cited by:** 234 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BROCK, Justice,
concurring in part; dissenting in part.
I concur in the opinion of the Court in all respects except the constitutionality of the death penalty. 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 (1981).

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