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Tennessee v. Reeves. 917 S.W.2d 825 (Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1996) On the evening of January 5, 1993, Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman, both twelve years of age and students at West Carroll Middle School, spoke on the telephone and decided to kill their homeroom teacher, Janice Geiger. They agreed that Coffman would bring rat poison to school the following days so that it could be placed in Geiger 's drink. After that , they would steal Geiger 's car and drive to the Smoky Mountains. On the morning of January 6, Coffman placed a packet of rat poison in her purse and board the school bus. Coffman told another student, Christy Hernandez, of the plan and show her the poison. Hernandez went and informed her homeroom teacher, Sherry …show more content…

Anderson, and used of a dangerous instrument; moreover, the court erred in failing to instruct on the lesser included offense of assault in the third degree, and exclusion of the prior inconsistent statement of a witness. Yes. The appellate court affirmed the judgment of the lower court and upheld the defendant 's conviction The court had reason that these facts, taken together, constitute evidence of presence at the scene, participation in a show of force, association, during the attack, and flight. This evidence also supports the inference that the Mace was sprayed to incapacitate Mr. Tucker, so as to allow Mr. Anderson and the others to leave the crime scene without restraint or further identification of the attacker or his vehicle. This evidence is fully sufficient to support the jury 's finding that Mr. Kobel was an accomplice in acting with Mr. Anderson with a common intent and purpose. As an accomplice, Mr. Kobel is guilty to the same extent that Mr. Anderson is guilty. Commonwealth v. Tluchak. 70A. 2d 657 (Supreme Court of Penn., 1950) The agreement did not include any personal property, but it did cover: " All buildings, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures, storm sash, shades, blinds, awnings, shrubbery, and plants". The purchasers took possession on June 14, 1946, and discovered that certain articles which had been on the premises at the

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