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Sherrill v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1959PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett

delivered tlie opinion of the Court.

Sherill was indicted for the commission of a crime against nature. He was convicted of this crime and sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary. From this conviction he has seasonably appealed, filed briefs, arguments have been heard and we now have the matter for determination.

Section 39-707, T.C.A., makes “a crime against nature” a felony. This statute does not go into detail and set forth what each of these crimes are but we, in Fisher v. State, 197 Tenn. 594, 277 S.W.2d 340, have adopted the Maine Court opinion. State v. Cyr, 135 Me. 513, 198…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Clapp v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  2. State v. CyrSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938
  3. Fisher v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Taylor v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Ball v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1949

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3Cited by115 opinions

  1. State v. AdkissonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  2. Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Monts v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  4. State v. VanceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. CarterTennessee Supreme Court · 1986

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