Legal Opinion

State v. Davis

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided December 20, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of bank robbery and was sentenced to serve not less than nor more than twenty-five (25) years in the state penitentiary.

The defendant says the trial court erred in ruling that the state could use two prior bank robbery convictions to impeach the defendant’s credibility, says the trial court erred in refusing to make a pretrial ruling regarding the admissibility of the two prior bank robbery convictions, says the trial court should have given the jury the Tel-faire1 charge on the issue of identification, says the trial court should have given a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  3. State v. MorganTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Durham v. StatesTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
  5. State v. MellonsTennessee Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. MillerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
  2. Poynter v. RatcliffCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  3. State v. BarnardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  4. State v. DobbinsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  5. State v. ColeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983

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