Legal Opinion

State v. Addison

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 20, 1997PublishedCited by 104 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The defendant, Michael Addison, appeals as of right from a jury conviction in the Criminal Court of Shelby County for first degree murder. The defendant received a sentence of life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Correction. In this appeal, he contends that:(1) the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction;(2) the jury’s dual findings of guilt for first degree premeditated murder and felony murder violate double jeopardy principles; and(3) the trial court erroneously allowed evidence of the defendant’s prior theft convictions to impeach the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. SheffieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
  5. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by104 opinions

  1. State v. BuggsTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
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  3. State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall DavidsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2016
  4. State v. HowardTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. BerryTennessee Supreme Court · 2015

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