Legal Opinion
Campbell v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1973PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUMPHREYS, Justice.
Defendant, represented by retained counsel, was convicted of second degree murder in the Criminal Court of Hamilton County with a resulting punishment of ten (10) years in the penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals, relying on Sherod v. State, Tenn.Cr.App., 470 S.W.2d 860 (1971), reversed the defendant’s conviction because the indictment failed to charge that the defendant killed the deceased “with malice aforethought.” However, the Court of Criminal Appeals stated that the evidence clearly warranted a conviction for involuntary manslaughter, and accordingly…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Marable v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
- Witt v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1868
- Sherod v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
- State v. LaddTennessee Supreme Court · 1852
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Johnnie L. Blake v. Robert v. Morford, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Andrea Jones v. State of Tennessee - OrderCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2008
- Anthony Williams v. Bill Compton, WardenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- Appeal, The Relying In Part Upon State v. Roger Dale Hill, No. 01C01-9508Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Be Tested In a Habeas Corpus Proceeding. See Haggard v. State, 475 S.W.2D 186, 187Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
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