Legal Opinion

State v. Melson

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 1982Published

1Opinion of the Court

638 S.W.2d 342 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Hugh W. MELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 16, 1982.

George W. Hymers, Dist. Atty. Gen., James G. Woodall and R.C. Stegall, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Franklin Murchison, Sp. Prosecutor, Jackson, William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Gordon W. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Mary Jo Middlebrooks, William H. Brown, Jackson, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this case, Hugh W. Melson appeals directly to this Court his conviction of first degree murder and…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited64 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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