Legal Opinion
Allen v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1974PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. M. LEECH, Special Justice.
This cause arose out of a probation revocation hearing in which the Circuit Court for Marshall County revoked defendant’s four year suspended sentence for third degree burglary. Said revocation was appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals and in a unanimous opinion that Court reversed the trial court. The State petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari which we granted.
The pertinent facts as ascertained from the technical record and the bill of exceptions reveal that:
On April 1, 1968, the defendant, Roy Allen, Jr., pleaded guilty to third degree…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fariss v. TippsTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- McGuire v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Hill v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1957
3Cited by47 opinions
- State v. ShafferTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. BerryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Commonwealth v. SawickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Blackwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
- State v. JensenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
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