Legal Opinion

State v. Elrod

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided July 16, 1986PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

In a two count indictment the Grand Jury of Putnam County charged William Kenneth Elrod with solicitation to commit the murder of Karen Lee Elrod, his ex-wife, in the first count, and her father, Ernest Weatherly, in the second count. He was convicted on Count 1 and sentenced to eight (8) years imprisonment. Probation was denied. He was acquitted on Count 2.

A number of issues are raised, by the first of which defendant asserts reversible error was committed when the trial court denied a motion to quash the jury array because the jurors were not selected in accordance…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State v. RobinsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  3. State v. TaylorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  4. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
  5. Wilson v. WinsteadDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1978

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn SextonTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  3. State v. LawsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  4. State v. BarnardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  5. State v. LynnTennessee Supreme Court · 1996

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