Legal Opinion

Bivens v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 6, 1971PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

Appellant, Ivan Bivens, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was indicted for assault with intent to commit murder (TCA Sec. 39-604), and convicted of attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter in the Criminal Court for Monroe County, with a jury verdict of 3 years, upon which the trial court fixed sentence of not less than 1 nor more than 3 years in the State Penitentiary. Motion for new trial was heard and overruled, upon which appeal was effected to this court and 2 assignments of error made.

The 1st assignment challenges the sufficiency of the indictment upon the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. McBee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Webster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1967
  3. Jamison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Huffman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  5. Gulley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. MannsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985

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