Legal Opinion

Clenny v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 9, 1978PublishedCited by 224 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of appellant’s post-conviction petition after an evidentiary hearing.

The appellant is incarcerated in the State Penitentiary serving a period of fifteen years imposed upon his plea of guilty on September 28, 1977, to committing the offense of rape. The appellant’s assignments of error are these:

1. The trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief on the ground that there was racial and sexual discrimination in the selection of the foreman of the grand jury which indicted appellant.

2. The trial court erred…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by224 opinions

  1. Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  2. Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
  3. Grindstaff v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  5. Frazier v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2010

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