Legal Opinion

Dukes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 30, 1978PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

Defendants filed a joint appeal from their conviction for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping to commit robbery, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. They were committed to serve life in the penitentiary for each of the first three offenses and for a period of five (5) years for the offense of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

By their first assignment of error defendants contend that the murder indictment should have been dismissed in this case because the alleged offense occurred in a county other than the one in which they were indicted.

This…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Anglin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
  3. State v. HudsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. MacKey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
  5. Freshwater v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  2. Zagorski v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. BrownCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  4. State v. GreenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
  5. State v. FranklinTennessee Supreme Court · 1986

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