Legal Opinion

State v. Jackson

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided March 1, 2001PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · TiptonTipton, J.

in which RILEY and GLENN, JJ., joined.

The defendant appeals his convictions for facilitation of first degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping. He raises issues regarding the sufficiency of the evidence relative to accomplice testimony, the competency of a witness, the exhibition of the victim’s skull to the jury, and the failure to merge the convictions for due process and double jeopardy purposes. We affirm the trial court.

The defendant, Antonio Jackson, appeals as of right from his jury convictions in the Shelby County Criminal Court for facilitation of premeditated first…

3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. SheffieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
  5. State v. CazesTennessee Supreme Court · 1994

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4Cited by25 opinions

  1. Finch v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
  2. State v. RobinsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  3. In Re Conservatorship of GrovesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
  4. Alston v. GenoveseDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2024
  5. Antonio Jackson v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2005

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