Legal Opinion
State v. Ely
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 2001PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · BankerWilliam M. Banker, J.
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., and FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.
This is a consolidated appeal from the defendants’ convictions in the Criminal Courts of Anderson County and Knox County, respectively. Defendant Ely was originally charged with one count of premeditated murder and one count of felony murder; defendant Bowers was charged with two counts of felony murder. In Ely’s case, the State nolle prossed the premeditated murder count upon the conclusion of the proof, and the trial court refused to instruct any Iesser-included…
3Cases cited42 opinions
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- Schmuck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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