Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 26, 1991PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUMMERS, Judge.
In this case we are confronted with the question of whether appellant, Alger Williams, can be retried for the unlawful sale of a Schedule II controlled substance. Initially he was indicted for selling approximately one-eighth (Vs) ounce of cocaine. He was later reindicted for selling 1.33 grams of a white powder containing methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. A jury trial commenced on this charge and after receiving the testimony of four witnesses for the prosecution, the trial court declared a mistrial. The court then set a date for a new trial, but…
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- Downum v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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