Legal Opinion
Gaskin v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1973PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCANLESS, Justice.
Stephen Gaskin, Dane Dexter Culbertson, Wilbur Jordan, and Brandon Lerda all were convicted in the Circuit Court of Lewis County of the manufacture of marihuana in violation of Chapter 163 of the Public Acts of 1971, now codified as Sections 52-1409 to 52-1448, inclusive, Tennessee Code Annotated, known as the Tennessee Drug Control Law. Gaskin and Culbertson each received a sentence of from one to three years and Jordan and Lerda each a sentence of one year in the penitentiary.
Section 52-1409(m), T.C.A., defines “manufacture” as the “production, prepara-' tion,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Davis v. BeasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Motlow v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Hardin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- Harden v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Goodwin v. Metropolitan Board of HealthCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Swann v. PackTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. NelsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- State v. VailSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- State v. PeckCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1988
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