Legal Opinion

State v. Jenkins

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided March 24, 1987PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The appellants, Donald Jenkins and Edward Black, were convicted of possessing marijuana with intent to sell in violation of T.C.A. § 39-6-417(a) and possessing a sawed-off shotgun in violation of T.C.A. § 39-6-1713. The trial court granted Black’s post-trial motion for judgment of acquittal, acquitting Black of possessing the sawed-off shotgun. After a sentencing hearing the trial judge sentenced Black to a term of three years in the Department of Corrections as a range one standard offender. Jenkins was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the Department of…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. State v. BunchTennessee Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. State v. HooperTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. DykesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  3. State v. BonestelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  4. State v. DowdyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  5. State v. CaughronTennessee Supreme Court · 1993

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