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