Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1978PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Justice.
Petitioner, Donald Ray Evans, was convicted of first degree burglary, with the punishment for that crime being fixed by the jury at five to ten years in the penitentiary. The punishment was enhanced to life imprisonment under the provisions of T.C.A. § 40-2801 et seq. upon the jury’s finding that the petitioner was an habitual criminal. On appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment. We granted certiorari to clarify certain language in the principal opinion of that court concerning the number of convictions required to bring the habitual criminal…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Sherrill v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
- Harrison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Pearson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by19 opinions
- William Chandler v. Otie Jones and Attorney General of the State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- State v. McAfeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
- John Wesley Duffel v. Michael Dutton, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
- Metheny v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
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