Legal Opinion

Hagemaker v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1961PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Chiee Justice Prewitt

delivered the opinion of the Conrt.

The plaintiffs in error, Charles H. Hagemaker, Alvin Robinson and John Scott, defendants below, were convicted of burglary in the third degree and sentenced to serve for a term of three years in the State Prison.

Counsel for defendants have filed separate briefs in which they make a number of assignments of error, but there is only one question before us and that is the court below erred in not allowing these defendants the defense of entrapment. The question is also raised that the evidence preponderates against the verdict and in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hyde v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Thomas v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1945

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Williams v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  3. State v. HendrixTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Warden v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977

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