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- Title
Law Student Kills Medical Student: The Trial of James Clark Thornton III.
- Authors
PAINE, DONALD F.
- Abstract
The article discusses the murder trial of Memphis State Law School student James "Jim" Clark Thornton III in June 1984 for his alleged role in the shooting death of medical student Mark Allen McConkey, focusing on Tennessee criminal procedure and sentencing rules. Other topics include life sentences, the murder-related element of malice, and premeditation under the Tennessee Code Annotated. It states that upon remand, Thornton was sentenced to four years for voluntary manslaughter.
- Subjects
TENNESSEE; THORNTON, James Clark; MEDICAL students; MCCONKEY, Mark Allen; MURDER trials; CRIMINAL procedure; REMAND (Venue); MANSLAUGHTER lawsuits; PREMEDITATION (Law); CRIMES against students; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Tennessee Bar Journal, 2014, Vol 50, Issue 2, p27
- ISSN
0497-2325
- Publication type
Article