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Bass v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 14, 1950PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Special Justice Albert Williams

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Arthur L. Bass has appealed in error from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Maury County, where he was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

He was a cousin of Rainer Bass, the man for whose murder he was indicted, and sometimes visited him. On Saturday, April 9, 1949, a neighbor of Rainer Bass was requested by telephone to notify him that Arthur Bass was in Columbia and wanted to meet him there. The two came to the house of Rainer Bass and spent Sunday and Monday together. On Tuesday, April 12,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. People v. GoldensonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  2. People v. . GardnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Clapp v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Tennessee Central Railroad v. VanhoyTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Hughes v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  2. State v. WestTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  3. State v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. BurlisonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  5. State v. BullingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1976

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