Legal Opinion
Hayslip v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1952PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
This case comes to us on a motion of the petitioner, Maurine D. Hayslip, to expunge from a report of the Grand Jury of Shelby County certain portions of that report. The gravamen of the complaint is that the report, or the portions complained of, was extra-judicial and not within the province of a grand jury under the Constitution and laws of this State.
The trial court denied the petition to expunge and as a result thereof this appeal followed. We have heard *645argument, investigated many authorities, and now have the matter for disposition.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Charge to Grand JuryU.S. Circuit Court for the District of California · 1872
- Jones v. PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Bennett v. Kalamazoo Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- In Re: Report of Grand JurySupreme Court of Florida · 1943
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Application of United Electrical, Radio & M. WorkersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
- McClatchy Newspapers v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- Hayslip v. WellfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
- Ryon v. ShawSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
- Ex Parte BurnsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
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