Legal Opinion
State v. Vaughn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 16, 2008No. M2007-01159-CCA-R3-CDPublishedCited by 57 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WellesDavid H. Welles, J.
in which THOMAS T. WOODALL and ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, JJ„ joined.
A jury convicted the Defendant, Cordell Remont Vaughn, of premeditated first degree murder, and he was sentenced to a life term in the Department of Correction. In this direct appeal, he presents four issues for our review: (l)whether the evidence is sufficient to support his conviction; (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying the Defendant’s request for a continuance after his family hired a private attorney to represent him approximately one week before the scheduled trial date; (3) whether the trial…
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