Legal Opinion
Maples v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
565 S.W.2d 202 (1978)
Ben Richard MAPLES, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
April 24, 1978.
Jerry K. Galyon, Sevierville, for petitioner.
Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Al Schmutzer, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Sevierville, for respondent.
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
Petitioner was fined for contempt as the result of admittedly fraudulent divorce proceedings which he instituted in a chancery court and in which he gave false testimony. Subsequently he was convicted of the statutory offense of perjury for that…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ex Parte HudgingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- In Re MichaelSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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