Legal Opinion
Doyle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 11, 1970PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL, Judge.
James Doyle appeals from the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. The petition is lacking in allegations about the actual conviction, stating only that it was for murder in the first degree. He seeks a new trial because of (1) the alleged insufficiency of the evidence, and (2) alleged prejudice to him from the alleged systematic exclusion of Negroes from the grand and petit juries which dealt with his case.
The actual pleadings tell us no more about the case, because the State of Tennessee did not reach the point…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ussery v. AveryTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Wilkerson v. BomarTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Arnold Sanchez Fernandez v. John H. KlingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Brown v. NewellTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- House v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- Workman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- State Ex Rel. Henderson v. RussellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
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