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JEFFERSON v. STATE

No. CR 96-655.

941 S.W.2d 404 (1997)

328 Ark. 23

T.C. JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Deen, Dermott, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Brad Newman, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.

GLAZE, Justice.

Appellant T.C. Jefferson was serving time at the Arkansas Department of Correction's Delta Regional Unit for having committed rape when, on September 20, 1994, he stabbed three fellow inmates—James Jerry, Anthony Monts, and Rusty Cook. Jerry and Monts died. Jefferson confessed to the stabbings, and was charged with two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted capital murder.

At trial, Jefferson's defense was that he acted...

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