Legal Opinion
State v. Schaaf
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 10, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge.
Defendant was convicted of aggravated sexual battery in the Knox County Criminal Court and sentenced to eighteen (18) years imprisonment as a Range I standard offender.
In the first issue raised in this Court defendant says his due process rights were violated by the acceleration of his trial date. The chronology of events preceding trial revealed a contentiousness on the part of defendant, probably borne of his inability to make bond, as well as a growing lack of accommodation between counsel for the State and defense counsel. Defendant was arrested in October, 1984…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harrington v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. GoodmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
- Baxter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- William Leach A/K/A William Martin v. Darrell Kolb, Acting Superintendent, and Attorney General of the State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- State v. David E. Walton, Jr.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1997