Legal Opinion
Percer v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1907PublishedCited by 29 opinions
PROM TIPTON. Appeal in error from tie. Circuit Court of Tipton County. — S. J. Everett, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the second degree for the unlawful killing of one Alonzo Small, and sentenced to the State penitentiary for a term of ten years. He has appealed in error.
The second assignment of error on behalf of the prisoner is as follows:
“The court erred in declining to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant the plaintiff a new trial, because the plaintiff in error was not at the bar of the court or in the presence of the court or jury when the ver-*768diet of guilty was rendered against him in this canse, but was handcuffed and in charge of an officer,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Waller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1867
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1867
- Harris v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Bonner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Rogers v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- State v. RuaneCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- Lee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
- Sherman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Commonwealth v. LaddSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
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