Legal Opinion
Key v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 16, 1979No. Nos. 725, 750PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge!
Defendant appeals from his conviction for rape and burglary in the first degree. Punishment was fixed at not less than nor more than twenty (20) years and one (1) day, and not less than nor more than five (5) years and one (1) day respectively. The very learned and comprehensive brief filed by defense counsel-includes several assignments of error.
First it is insisted the indictments should have been dismissed because they were a nullity due to improper appointment of an Attorney General, pro tempore.
It appears that under the aegis of Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Braziel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- State v. JeffersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
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