Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Smith v. Johnson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 17, 1967PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Special Justice Harbison
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Plaintiff in error was indicted on September 16, 1960, for murder in the first degree committed while in the perpetration of a robbery. He was convicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, on January 11, 1961, and sentenced to death by electrocution. His conviction was affirmed by this Court in the case of Smith v. State, 209 Tenn. 499, 354 S.W.2d 450 (1961).
The death sentence of plaintiff in error was later commuted. In February, 1962, plaintiff in error filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus which was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Shadden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
- Bonds v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
- Floyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- State ex rel. Hathaway v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- Gwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
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