Legal Opinion

State v. Jennette

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 1986PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this case appellees pled guilty to a charge of manufacturing marijuana for resale. In connection with their guilty plea they undertook to reserve, with the consent of the trial court, questions of law for review on appeal pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2)(iv), Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure.

That rule permits an appeal from a conviction on a guilty plea if:

“[djefendant explicitly reserved with the consent of the court the right to appeal a certified question-of law that is dispositive of the case.”

*615Nowhere in the order of the trial court is a dispositive certified…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Sneed v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
  4. State v. LakinTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Fuqua v. ArmourTennessee Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. WaltonTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  2. State v. PrestonTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  3. State v. JacuminTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  4. State v. McClintockTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
  5. State v. DaileyTennessee Supreme Court · 2007

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