Legal Opinion

Bullard v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1961PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tomlinson

Bullard appeals from a conviction (1) upon an indictment charging a violation of the Bad Check Law with punishment fixed at 90 days in jail and (2) upon an indictment charging public drunkenness with punishment fixed at a fine of $10 and a suspended sentence of 60 days in the workhouse upon payment of the fine and costs.

There is no bill of exceptions. There is, however, in the technical record a minute identifying the aforementioned bad check and public drunkenness indictments and another public drunkenness indictment which does not appear in the record, and as to which the action of the jury…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McElroy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Lucas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
  3. Commonwealth v. BickumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  4. Foute v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. ShirleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Spicer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Bruce v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  5. State Ex Rel. Gann v. HendersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1968

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