Legal Opinion
Pulley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 19, 1973PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OLIVER, Judge.
The defendants, Leo Charles Pulley and William Thomas Johnson, jointly indicted and tried for the killing of Billy Joe Elam, have perfected their appeals in the nature of a writ of error to this Court contesting their Davidson County Criminal Court murder convictions. Pulley, represented throughout by the Public Defender, was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for 30 years. Johnson, represented at trial by one retained attorney and here by another, was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to not less than…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pruitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Helen Middie Evans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Kirby v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. BlackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- Prince v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- State v. HarlessCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- Harrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
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