Johnson v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson County. —Douglas Wikle, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
The plaintiff in error was convicted of voluntary manslaughter at the April term, 1911, of the circuit court of Williamson county, and sentenced to a term of five years’ confinement in the State penitentiary. He has appealed and assigned errors.
The judgment must be reversed because of the following error committed on the trial: During the argument before the jury one of the attorneys representing the State made the point that the witnesses for the State were more likely to remember the transaction correctly, because they had testified before the grand jury, and had thereby gotten the facts…
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- State v. . BrittainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
- State v. GreerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
- State v. . CoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Allison v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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