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STATE v. PORTERFIELD

746 S.W.2d 441 (1988)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Sidney PORTERFIELD and Gaile K. Owens, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied February 29, 1988.

Certiorari Denied May 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Mark Ward, Asst. Shelby County Public Defender, Memphis, for Sidney Porterfield.

Brett Stein, James O. Marty, Memphis, for Gaile K. Owens.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Norma Crippen Ballard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.

Certiorari Denied May 16, 1988. See 108 S.Ct. 1756.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the sentences of death imposed on the defendants, Sidney Porterfield and Gaile K. Owens, for the killing of Mrs. Owens' husband, Ronald Owens. The defendant, Sidney Porterfield was convicted of murder in the first degree. The defendant, Gaile K. Owens, was convicted of accessory before the fact, to...

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