Legal Opinion
Griffin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 29, 1978PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TATUM, Judge.
The appellants, Dorothy M. Griffin and William H. Stringer, were sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary for second-degree murder. By numerous assignments of error, they attack their convictions on sundry and divers grounds. The assignments are without merit.
We will summarize the accredited evidence. Shortly before midnight on 2 April 1977, Constable Howard Bowen was struck by an automobile driven by Dorothy M. Griffin on Highway 46. Her companion, William H. Stringer, the car’s owner, was convicted as an aider and abettor. Griffin and Stringer had left a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Hembree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
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- Keller v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by9 opinions
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