Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 1977PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
Respondent was indicted for violation of T.C.A. § 39-501, which provides as follows:
“Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns, causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any house or outhouse, or any building, or any other structure, the property of himself or of another, shall be guilty of arson and shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty-one (21) years.”
The indictment charged that the respondent
“unlawfully, feloniously, willfully and maliciously did…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- White v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- Sadler v. DraperCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1959
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Stinson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. BallCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
- State v. HallCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
- State v. AdamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
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