Legal Opinion

State v. Browning

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 25, 1983PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The defendant, Rubert Browning, was convicted of murder in the first degree and received a life sentence in the penitentiary.

The defendant contests the evidence, contends his statements to the police should have been suppressed, maintains other evidence should not have been admitted, claims that one witness’s testimony contained an unfavorable racial comment, raises a venue question, and insists that the district attorney general’s office should have been disqualified from prosecuting the case. We find no merit to any of these issues.

This defendant, who was seventy-eight…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. WestTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  2. State v. NesbitTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. GentryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  4. State v. KillebrewCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  5. State v. MannTennessee Supreme Court · 1998

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