Legal Opinion
State v. Dixon
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1975PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
OPINION
Melvin James Dixon was convicted of first degree murder in two cases and was sentenced to serve sixty years in each case, with the sentences to run consecutively. On finding that the indictments upon which Dixon was tried were predicated on Chapter 192 of the Public Acts of 1973, which was ruled unconstitutional by this court in State v. Hailey, 505 S.W.2d 712 (Tenn.1974), a divided Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the convictions and remanded the cases for a new trial upon the homicide statutes in effect at the time of passage of Chapter 192 of the Public Acts of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. KolocotronisWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Lawrence County v. HobbsTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
- State v. HaileyTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Richard Gordon Bannister v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by31 opinions
- Miller v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
- Leech v. American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1979
- Collins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Edwards v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
- Capri Adult Cinema v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
26 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.