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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
Assigned on Briefs October 2, 2001

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL TUCKER
Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County
No. 99-05654 Chris Craft, Judge

No. W2000-02220-CCA-R3-CD - Filed November 20, 2002
JOSEPH M. TIPTON, J., dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion.  I believe the trial court erred by limiting the definition of passion to anger relative to the adequate provocation necessary for voluntary manslaughter.
As the majority opinion states, the trial court instructed the jury:

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