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Evans v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 11, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

571 S.W.2d 283 (1978)

Donald Ray EVANS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 11, 1978.

Jack M. Rudolph, Clarksville, for petitioner.

William O. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

Petitioner, Donald Ray Evans, was convicted of first degree burglary, with the punishment for that crime being fixed by the jury at five to ten years in the penitentiary. The punishment was enhanced to life imprisonment under the provisions of T.C.A. § 40-2801 et seq. upon the jury's finding that the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Sherrill v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Harrison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Pearson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975

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