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Vaughn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided May 5, 1970PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Dwight Vaughn heard a jury in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County return a verdict finding him guilty of committing the offense of murder in the first degree. They assessed his punishment at confinement for twenty-five years and a day in the State Penitentiary. Through court-appointed counsel he has seasonably perfected his appeal to this court.

The facts as revealed by the record and developed in the trial reflect that on September 21, 1968, Dwight Vaughn and his father-in-law Ulice C. Davis left Mound City, Illinois to visit Davis’s father in Lauderdale County,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Payne v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Bolin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. WhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  2. Braziel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
  3. In the Interest of K. W. B.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. Theriault v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971

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