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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
June 4, 2010 Session Heard at Nashville

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DAVID LYNN JORDAN
D irect Appeal from the Court of Criminal A ppeals
C ircuit C ourt for M adison County

N o. 05-431 R oy B. M organ, Jr., Judge
No. W 2007-01272-SC -D D T-DD -Filed Septem ber 22, 2010
The defendant was convicted by a jury of the first degree murders of Renee Jordan, Jerry H opper, and D avid G ordon, and the attempted first degree murders of James Goff and Larry Taylor, as w ell as leaving the scene of an accident. The jury sentenced the defendant to death for each of the first degree murders. The trial court sentenced the defendant to twenty-five years for each of the attempted murders, to be served consecutively, and to thirty days for the misdemeanor. On appeal, w e hold (1) the trial court erred in ruling pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Evidence 615 that persons attending the guilt/innocence phase of the trial could not testify at the sentencing hearing; (2) the trial court

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