State v. Wright
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TATUM, Judge.
This is an appeal as of right by Larry Elmer Wright from his conviction at a jury trial of burglary in the second degree and of being an habitual criminal. The punishment set on the burglary conviction was not less than 3 nor more than 3 years in the State penitentiary. After the bifurcated hearing on the habitual criminal count, the punishment was enhanced to life imprisonment. The defendant assigns issue that the first count of the indictment was duplicitous; that there was a material variance between the indictment and the proof; that the habitual criminal statute is…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Pearson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Patmore v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- State v. DavisTennessee Supreme Court · 1981
17 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by1 opinion
- William Chandler v. Otie Jones and Attorney General of the State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987