Legal Opinion
State v. Blackwood
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 21, 1986PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES C. BEASLEY, Special Judge.
Donnie E. Blackwood was convicted by a Maury County jury of five counts of vehicular homicide as the proximate result of his intoxication. After a sentencing hearing the trial judge imposed concurrent six-year sentences.
This case resulted from a traffic accident which occurred shortly before 1:00 a.m. on June 19, 1983, on Highway 99 near Columbia, Tennessee. The accident was occasioned by the defendant’s westbound pickup truck crossing the yellow dividing line and after striking an automobile and trailer driven by Ronnie Hanvy colliding head-on with…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Monts v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Rippy v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. CopelandCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. ScarboroughTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
- State v. JacksonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- State v. NorrisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- State v. Jerry HuskinsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- State of Tennessee v. A.D. Smith, IIICourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2015
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