Legal Opinion

Clarke v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 1966PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dyer

John Randolph Clarke, hereafter referred to as defendant, appeals from a conviction of murder in tke first degree for wkick ke kas been sentenced to serve thirty years in tke State Penitentiary. Tkis crime was committed in Davidson County and, ky proper change of venue, tke trial was held in Madison County.

Mrs. Eva Jo Herring, a widow employed as a registered nurse, lived with her eighteen year old daughter, Paula Herring, and her six year old son, Allen Herring, in a suburban area of Davidson County. In September 1963 Paula Herring entered tke University of Tennessee at Knoxville as a…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. United States v. JeffersSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  4. Marable v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
  5. People v. HardyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Braziel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
  4. Hunter v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
  5. State v. CrowderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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