Legal Opinion
State v. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 3, 1980PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BYERS, Judge.
The defendant was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to ten (10) years. He was also found to be an habitual criminal and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The defendant says a “wad of bills” should not have been introduced because they were found as a result of a search and seizure arising from an illegal arrest, says as a result of this illegal search the police were led to a jacket worn during the robbery from which keys to a vehicle used by the robber were seized and was thus tainted, says the in court identification was .im-permissibly tainted by virtue of two…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lesly Cohen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Hughes v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. JeffersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- State v. HamiltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
- State v. MooreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
- State v. FooteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
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