Legal Opinion
Boyd v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 20, 1971PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge.
This appeal comes from the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. Plaintiff in error was indicted for the offense of 1st Degree Murder and convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter by a jury. Punishment was fixed at one day in the County jail. Plaintiff in error will be referred to by name, or as appellant.
On October 5th, 1967, Lon Chaney Boyd was a patrolman on the Memphis Police Department, assigned to the Detention Division and employed as a turnkey on the 5th floor of the Memphis City jail. On that date, one Morgan (Morge) Scott was arrested on a drunkenness charge…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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