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TEAGUE v. TENNESSEE

No. 84-6447.

473 U.S. 911 (1985)

TEAGUE v. TENNESSEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

July 1, 1985.

Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE MARSHALL, with whom JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, dissenting.

At the sentencing stage of a capital proceeding, Tennessee requires a capital defendant to prove that any mitigating circumstances he has established outweigh any aggravating circumstances the State has proved. State law provides:

"If the jury unanimously determines that at least one statutory aggravating circumstance or several statutory aggravating circumstances have...

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