Legal Opinion
State v. Briggs
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1976PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
The respondents, Hugh Briggs and Mon-teo Taylor, Jr., hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the criminal court for Shelby County of first degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. The punishment assessed for the murder conviction was 100 years in the penitentiary and for the robbery conviction, life imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court in each case with respect to each defendant. The State petitioned this Court for review by certiorari which was granted.
The record indicates that on December 19,1971, the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Duchac v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Harris v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- State v. HallIdaho Supreme Court · 1963
- State v. BartonWashington Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- People v. WilderMichigan Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. BlackburnTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
- Robert Earl Pryor v. James H. Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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