Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 5, 1960PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swepstoh

Plaintiff in error, Emit D. Jones, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted for the offense of involuntary manslaughter growing out of the reckless driving of an automobile and was sentenced to serve 11 months and 29 days in the Shelby County Workhouse.

On appeal there have been filed assignments of error, brief and argument covering 77 pages. Any attempt to answer in detail all of the insistences made therein wonld be not only unnecessary but would unduly prolong this opinion.

In the brief in behalf of the State it is asserted that there is no assignment of error to the effect that the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. State Ex Rel. Lea v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
  4. People v. NogiriCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  5. People v. BomarCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  2. United States v. Lloyd BradleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  3. State v. FerranteTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  4. McGee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  5. State v. DursoTennessee Supreme Court · 1983

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