Legal Opinion

State v. Bishop

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 1973PublishedCited by 152 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DYER, Chief Justice.

This case comes to this Court by the grant of the writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, raising the issue of whether respondent was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial under the facts presented.

The respondent, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Sullivan County, on February 22, 1971, of third degree burglary and sentenced to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for not less than three nor more than eight years. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment and dismissed the case after…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

3Cited by152 opinions

  1. State v. BerryTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State v. UtleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  3. State v. WoodTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
  4. McCarty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. State v. CaricoTennessee Supreme Court · 1998

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