Legal Opinion
State v. Roberge
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1982PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance for resale and was sentenced to serve seven to ten years in the penitentiary. 1 Some seventy-four pounds of peyote cactus buttons containing mescaline, a Schedule I drug, were found in a duffel bag in the trunk of an automobile in which appellant was riding when the vehicle was stopped by Highway Patrol officers on February 24, 1979. The only issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to suppress this evidence.
The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the officers had…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Richard Stypmann v. The City and County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by38 opinions
- State v. OodyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
- State v. RobertsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. WoodsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- State v. CothranCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
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