Legal Opinion
State v. Robbins
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 3, 1974PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. M. LEECH, Special Justice.
Respondent, Reeder Robbins, Jr., was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the jury as confinement for not more than one year in the state penitentiary. A timely appeal in the nature of a writ of error was perfected attacking the validity of the conviction. The Court of Criminal Appeals, with Judge Oliver dissenting, reversed holding that T. C.A. § 59-1049 was violative of the confrontation clause, therefore, allowing evidence to be admitted pursuant thereto was reversible error. We granted the State’s petition for the writ of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by13 opinions
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