Legal Opinion
State v. Duffel
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 13, 1983PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered against John W. Duffel on June 15, 1982, in the Davidson County Criminal Court. The judgment approved a jury verdict finding the defendant to be an habitual criminal and fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 39-1-801, 39-1-802. The defendant was initially found guilty of the offenses of second degree burglary, larceny, and being an habitual criminal on October 2, 1980. Punishment for the burglary, committed by the use of a firearm, was fixed at not less than twelve…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Harrison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. JettTennessee Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by15 opinions
- John Wesley Duffel v. Michael Dutton, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- State v. WyrickCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- State v. NoriegaArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. DobbinsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. JonesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
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