Legal Opinion
Houston v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 17, 1978PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL, Judge.
William Thomas Houston has appealed his conviction for murder in the first degree. In the judgment below, the appellant was sentenced to 30 years in the State penitentiary. For reasons hereinafter stated, that judgment is affirmed.
By his first assignment of error the appellant alleges that he was illegally extradited from Ohio to Tennessee. Because Houston has been tried and convicted, he cannot now be heard to complain of the procedure by which he was brought into Tennessee. Frisbie v. Collins, 342 U.S. 519, 72 S.Ct. 509, 96 L.Ed. 541 (1952), rehearing denied in 343…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Harisiades v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Aldridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. DykesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- State v. BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. GoodmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
- State v. BennettCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- State v. TurnbillCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
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