Legal Opinion
Monts v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1966PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Henry Clay Monts and Johnnie West, plaintiffs in error here, were indicted, tried and convicted for murder in the first degree in the perpetration of a burglary, and were sentenced to serve 150 years each in the State Penitentiary. Their motion for a new trial having been overruled, they have appealed and have assigned errors in one joint brief filed on their behalf by the Public Defender of Shelby County, the Honorable Hugh Stanton, appearing on behalf of West, and by his Assistant, the Honorable Robert A. Tillman, appearing as counsel for Monts.
At the outset, we observe that these cases…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lynumn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McBee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. BuckTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. BradenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- State v. KellyTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
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