Legal Opinion

Davenport v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1964PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Felts

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court revoking a suspended sentence previously granted the plaintiff in error, Edna Davenport, herein called the defendant, for her admitted violation of the liquor law.

On February 25, 1963, the defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to serve six months in the Rutherford County workhouse and pay a fine of $50.00. A petition, seeking a suspended sentence, was heard and granted by the trial judge “conditioned upon the defendant’s not hereafter violating any of the laws of this state or being…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hooper v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  2. McGuire v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Finley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Thompson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1955

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  2. State v. BrusenhanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
  3. Barker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
  4. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
  5. State Ex Rel. Gillard v. CookTennessee Supreme Court · 1975

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