Legal Opinion

Sherrod v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided March 16, 1978PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUSSELL, Judge.

OPINION

Roy Lee Sherrod has appealed the order of the trial court overruling his motion to vacate his pleas of guilty to two counts of rape, one count of robbery with a deadly weapon, and one count of robbery. Sher-rod’s trial on one of the rape counts and the armed robbery count was under way when he elected to change his pleas on all four counts from not guilty to guilty. In the judgment below, in addition to being rendered infamous, the appellant was sentenced to 27 years in the State penitentiary for each of the rapes, 27 years for the armed robbery, and 10 to 15 years for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Swaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  3. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
  4. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
  2. Dortch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
  3. Housler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  4. Andrew Moore v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2004
  5. Jamal Cooper v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001

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