Legal Opinion

Burns v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided July 19, 1979PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BYERS, Judge.

OPINION

The appellant was convicted of armed robbery and was found by the jury to be an habitual criminal. The mandatory life sentence was imposed.

The appellant says a juror who admitted having prior knowledge of this case should have been dismissed for cause, challenges the admission of certain statements claimed to be hearsay testimony, says the trial judge erred in overruling his motion for continuance, challenges portions of the trial judge’s charge to the jury, says the court erroneously limited proof of Appellant’s addiction to drugs, says the admission into evidence of his…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  2. State v. MorganTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Hall v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Baxter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
  5. State v. BullingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Coker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  2. State v. KilburnCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
  3. State v. HumphreysCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  4. State v. RobertsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  5. State v. LoweryTennessee Supreme Court · 1984

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