Legal Opinion
Bowling v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 1, 1970PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Presiding Judge.
From his conviction of first degree murder with a sentence of fifty years’ imprisonment, the defendant appeals to this court, first contending that the evidence does not support the verdict.
The victim, Jacqueline Williams, age 22, was the adopted daughter of Mrs. Frances Williams and was pregnant by the defendant at the time of her death.
The State’s proof showed that he was no longer welcome at the Williams home and he had threatened to kill Miss Williams on an occasion about two and a half months before the occasion in question.
On September 20, 1968, he had…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- United States v. Maynard Francis HayesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Schweizer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. MattOregon Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
- North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. SuttonTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Hembree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
- Smith v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- State of Tennessee v. David Hooper Climer, Jr.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2013
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