Legal Opinion

State v. Phillips

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 4, 1986PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Appellants, Albert G. Phillips, Eddie Dean Phillips, and Charles Alvin Phillips, are brothers who stand convicted of murder in the first degree, for which each was sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal as a matter of right, raising a multiplicity of issues. All issues are raised by each of the appellants, except as indicated otherwise, parenthetically.

Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the jury’s guilty verdict; and Whether there was credible evidence to establish that the victim was killed with premeditation.

On appeal, a guilty verdict should be set…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State v. GraceTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
  4. State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  5. State v. ThompsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. KeelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  2. State v. AucoinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  3. State v. PhillipsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  4. State v. HarrisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
  5. State v. VaughnCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1998

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