Legal Opinion

Powell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 27, 1972PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

Appellant, indigent, and ably represented by appointed counsel at trial and before this Court, was indicted and convicted for armed robbery. The jury fixed his punishment at not more than ten years in the Penitentiary upon which the trial court entered judgment accordingly.

Appellant makes two assignments of error which will be considered in inverse order.

1. The Court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for new trial in that the weight of the evidence preponderates in favor of defendant’s innocence and against the verdict of the jury.'

2. The Court erred in overruling…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Foster v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Pryor v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. MeeksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  2. State of Tennessee v. Barry F. BradenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  3. State v. HarrisTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. HarrisTennessee Supreme Court · 1992

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