Legal Opinion
State v. Howington
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 9, 1995No. 01S01-9407-CC-00073PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIRCH, Justice.
The district attorney general refused to honor an informal immunity agreement 1 made with David Edward Howington, the defendant. The reason stated for this refusal was the prosecutor’s perception that How-ington had not fulfilled his part of the bargain; that is, he had not testified truthfully at his preliminary hearing. He was subsequently tried and convicted of first-degree (felony) murder; he received a life sentence.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction; we granted Howington’s application for review under Rule 11. At issue is whether the agreement…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Dube v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1971
- Strickland v. City of LawrenceburgCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Covington v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
- United States v. Thomas Joseph Reardon, A/K/A T.J. ReardonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Mark IrvineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by41 opinions
- McConnell v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. MellonTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
- State v. WoodTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- State v. SummersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2004
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