Legal Opinion
State v. Strickland
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 9, 1993PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*87OPINION
SUMMERS, Judge.
The appellant, Herbert Lee Strickland, was convicted of two counts of aggravated robbery. The trial court sentenced him as a Range I, standard offender to ten years on each conviction with the sentences running concurrently. Appellant subsequently filed a motion for new trial which was denied by the trial court. He now appeals, contesting the sufficiency of the evidence and the length of his sentences.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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- State v. AshbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by285 opinions
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