Legal Opinion

Duchac v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1973PublishedCited by 400 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

W. M. LEECH, Special Justice.

Defendants, Duchac and Robinson, were jointly tried on two separate indictments consolidated for trial. They were subsequently convicted of third degree burglary and of carrying burglarious instruments. Each of the defendants was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for not less than three nor more than five years in the third degree burglary case, and to not less than one nor more than five years in the burglarious instruments case, the sentences to run consecutively. The Court of Criminal Appeals, one judge dissenting, reversed the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Marable v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
  2. State v. HefflinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
  3. Dowdy v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Eager v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Harris v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by400 opinions

  1. State v. DorantesTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
  2. State v. HansonTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  3. State v. PendergrassCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  4. State v. MixonTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  5. State v. GoodwinTennessee Supreme Court · 2004

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