555 S.W.2d 724
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 16, 1977
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · decided 1977-06-16
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Decided 1977-06-16
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently March 2012
7 state decisions
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¶1concurring.
¶2I concur with a strong recommendation that, if the defendant Hamilton’s past record and present circumstances merit clemency, he be seriously considered for probation if an application is made on his behalf to the Executive. Surely, the act motivating the defendant’s departure from what may well have been an orderly and productive life, the murder of his own son by the victim in this homicide, suggests mitigating factors to a degree seldom found.