Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Meadows
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided November 2, 1964No. Civ. No. 3819PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.
The petitioner, James R. Tucker, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sumner County, Tennessee, on the 10th day of September 1962, on a two-count indictment for the crimes of robbery by the use of a deadly weapon and grand larceny. Since he was an indigent and unable to employ counsel, the state trial court appointed Thomas Boyers IV, of the Gallatin bar, to represent him. Upon motion of such court-appointed counsel under T.C.A. § 40-2010, the trial court in the exercise of its discretion in a capital case, appointed a court reporter to report the petitioner’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Burns v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Kennedy v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
- Gray v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
- State ex rel. Doyle v. HendersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
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