State of Tennessee v. Farris Genner Morris, Jr.

Summary

The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentences, including death for the murder of Erica Hurd, life without parole for the murder of Charles Ragland, and a consecutive twenty-five-year sentence for aggravated rape. It held that the evidence supported premeditation and deliberation, the applicable aggravating circumstances, and the jury's finding that aggravation outweighed mitigation beyond a reasonable doubt. The court declined to reach the merits of the electrocution challenge because lethal injection was then the default method of execution and the defendant had not elected electrocution. No separate opinions were filed.