Legal Opinion

Good v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1878PublishedCited by 22 opinions

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Hamilton county. J. B. Hoyle, J.

1Opinion of the CourtTurney, J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of robbery. There is no bill of exceptions in the record, but this recital is contained in lieu, viz: “It is conceded that the evidence adduced on the trial was amply sufficient to warrant the jury in finding the prisoner guilty of an aggravated robbery as charged.”

*294The appeal to this court is prosecuted solely upon the fact of the omission of the Curcuit Judge to charge upon the offense of an attempt to commit robbery.

The objection is claimed to be predicated of the act of the General Assembly of 1877, ch. 85, sec. 1, approved March 26, 1877, and in the…

2Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. BurnsTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. DominyTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. WrightCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  5. Patterson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966

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