Legal Opinion

State v. Lanier

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 8, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · WedemeyerRobert W. Wedemeyer, J.

in which JERRY L. SMITH, and JAMES CURWOOD WITT, Jr., JJ., joined.

The Defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge of retaliation for past action, reserving a certified question of law pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 37(b)(2)(i). The trial court sentenced him to one year incarceration and ordered that the sentence run consecutively to previously imposed sentences. In this appeal, the Defendant presents his reserved certified question of law: whether Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-16-510, the statute under which he was convicted, is constitutional. We hold…

3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. R. A. v. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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4Cited by4 opinions

  1. United States v. Tyrice L. SawyersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  2. Lansdell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2007
  3. Lansdell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2007
  4. United States v. SawyersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005

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