Legal Opinion

State v. Compton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 11, 1982PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The defendant, James Michael Compton, appeals from two aggravated rape convictions and one conviction for aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to penitentiary terms of 25 years and 30 years respectively on the rape convictions and to a 20 year term for the kidnapping conviction. The only issue presented for review is that pros-ecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair and impartial trial. After considering the issue and the record, we conclude that the judgments must be affirmed.

Although no attack was made upon the sufficiency of the evidence, we will briefly discuss…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hunter v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Turner v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
  3. White v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
  4. State v. HicksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  5. Frazier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. BerryTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State v. MounceTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. WestTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  4. State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
  5. State v. WoodenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983

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