Legal Opinion

Leonard v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 1927PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swiggaet

The plaintiff in error, Elijah Leonard, has appealed from a judgment rendered by the criminal court of Knox county in January, 1925, upon a conviction for murder in the first degree.

The jury fixed the punishment of the plaintiff in error at death by electrocution, and the judgment of the criminal court was in accord therewith.

Four assignments of error have been made by the plaintiff in error in this court.

The fourth assignment is that the trial court erred in overruling an application for á continuance.

We do not find any ruling in the transcript to which this assignment of error can be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sherman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Ross v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Percer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Thomas v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Williams v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. BullingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Peerless Construction Co. v. BassTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Taylor v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Hawkins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967

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