Death Penalty, Sufficiency of Evidence of Aggravating Circumstances
Unless otherwise indicated, all indented material is copied directly from the court’s opinion.
Decisions of the Tennessee Supreme Court
State v. Miller, No. W2019-00197-SC-DDT-DD (Tenn. Dec. 7, 2021)
The relevant inquiry is whether a rational jury, taking the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, could have found the existence of the aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. Clayton, 535 S.W.3d at 850; State v. Kiser, 284 S.W.3d 227, 272 (Tenn. 2009).
Decisions of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals