Legal Opinion
State v. Sammons
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 24, 1982No. 761 and 772PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
" DAUGHTREY, Judge.
The defendant-appellant, Michael Lee Sammons, was found guilty of three counts of kidnapping a child under the age of 16, for which he received a sentence of one to five years imprisonment on each count. He was also found guilty of first degree burglary and was given an additional five to ten year sentence on this charge. All four convictions arose from the kidnapping of the defendant’s daughter, Tiffany Dawn Sammons, on three separate occasions in 1979 and 1980. The defendant was acquitted of a related charge of extortion.
On direct appeal from criminal court,…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by41 opinions
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