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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL RIMMER

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 21, 2021

Head Comment: Correction

Court: TN Supreme Court

Attorneys 1: Paul Bruno (on appeal and at trial), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Robert Parris (on appeal and at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Michael Dale Rimmer.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée Sophia Blumstein, Solicitor General; Andrew C. Coulam, Senior Counsel; Pamela Anderson and Rachel Sobrero, District Attorneys General Pro Tem, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Attorneys 3: Michael J. Passino, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae Amnesty International, Nashville.

Judge(s): KIRBY

Corrections are as follows:

Page 6, second paragraph originally read: "Mr. Darnell later positively identified the man behind the counter as Billy Wayne Voyles. He indicated the Defendant “looks like” the man he let go ahead of him through the night entrance door." It is revised to read: "Mr. Darnell later identified a photo of Billy Wayne Voyles as one of the men at the Memphis Inn that night. Mr. Darnell could not positively identify the Defendant’s photo from a photo lineup."

Page 25, the middle of the last paragraph originally read: "A witness described seeing someone who fit the Defendant’s description at the Memphis Inn with blood on his hands the night the victim disappeared. Another witness recalled seeing a maroon Honda parked close to the night entrance of the Memphis Inn around 1:40 a.m. and saw a man fitting the Defendant’s description place something heavy and wrapped in a blanket into the vehicle’s trunk." It is revised to read: "A witness described seeing a maroon Honda parked close to the night entrance of the Memphis Inn around 1:40 a.m. the night the victim disappeared, and saw a man place something heavy and wrapped in a blanket into the vehicle’s trunk."

Page 37, the second sentence of the fourth paragraph originally read: ". . .the Defendant had a significant record of violent crime, including armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and rape." It is revised to read: ". . .the Defendant had a significant record of violent crime, including assault with the intent to commit robbery with a deadly weapon, rape, and two counts of aggravated assault."

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