Legal Opinion
Childs v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 1979PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
Petitioner was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to serve thirty years and one day in the state penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
We granted certiorari to consider the admissibility of statements made by petitioner and of evidence discovered as a result thereof. As the case comes to this Court, these are the only questions presented, there being no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.
Charges against petitioner resulted from the homicide of Claudette Williams on Monday, April 4, 1977. Her body was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. ChandlerTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State v. WaltonTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. CrutcherTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. UnderwoodCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
- State v. StoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
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