Legal Opinion
State v. Walker
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 14, 1995PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEN H. CANTRELL, Special Justice.
This Court granted a Rule 11 application under the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure to determine whether the defendants’ sentences expired when the sheriff could not incarcerate them due to an overcrowded jail. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court’s holding that the sentences did not begin to run until the defendants were actually taken into custody. We reverse and hold that under the circumstances of these cases the sentences began to run when they became final and have, in fact, expired.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. Frank MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Smith v. SwopeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Donald Wayne Green v. Robert Christiansen, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Huff v. McLartySupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Robert Lee Mobley v. Richard L. Dugger, Jim Smith, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. McKnightTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. ChapmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- State v. ZucalOhio Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. LevandoskiMichigan Court of Appeals · 2000
- Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
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