Legal Opinion · Dissent

Meade v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 14, 1972Published

1DissentOliver, Judge

As I view it, this record demonstrates prejudicial errors requiring disapproval of the defendant’s conviction.

Notwithstanding the fact that the defendant did not testify, unquestionably the defense evidence raised a question concerning his sanity at the time of the offense. His wife, holding a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky and employed in the mental health department of that state as a registered nurse, testified that he had always been extremely *370nervous and easily upset; that when she saw him at the police station early the next morning after his arrest he was…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Liakas v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  3. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Thomas E. Blunt v. United States of America, Thomas E. Blunt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  5. Clarence L. Wright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957

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