Legal Opinion

Banks v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 16, 1977PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RUSSELL, Judge.

Darnell Banks appeals his conviction for rape. Sentence was set at twenty years in the penitentiary. A total of eighteen errors have been assigned. A careful review of the record leads to our judgment that no reversible error was committed.

Five assignments of error question the legal sufficiency of the convicting evidence. The rape victim positively identified Banks as the man who broke into her apartment by way of the bedroom window at approximately 5:30 A. M. on September 13, 1975. She identified him at a line-up, and also in-court during the trial, and testified that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Bolin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Judge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
  4. McBee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Rippy v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. State v. ParkerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  2. State v. MarshallCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
  3. Workman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  4. Sloan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
  5. State v. HollomanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1992

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