Legal Opinion

State v. McGhee

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 1988PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and received a sentence of twenty years in the state penitentiary on each count, the sentences to be served consecutively.

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. Because the case presents a recurring question of criminal procedure, we granted review.

Although appellant has presented a number of other issues, we find that all of them were correctly dealt with by the Court of Criminal Appeals, and we affirm its decision. Appellant was apprehended shortly after 5 a.m. on October 22, 1983, a few minutes after two…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. MorganTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Goines v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State v. MartinTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Acres v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Cross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  2. State v. AlderCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  3. Grandstaff v. HawksCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
  4. State of Tennessee v. Sedrick ClaytonTennessee Supreme Court · 2017
  5. State v. GalmoreTennessee Supreme Court · 1999

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