Legal Opinion

State v. Driver

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided July 8, 1981No. 80-195-IIIPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

Sherman Driver and Gilbert Ray “Cotton” Graves appeal from convictions for involuntary manslaughter and second degree murder, respectively. The jury fixed Driver’s punishment at not less than two nor more than five years imprisonment, and Graves’ at twenty-five years imprisonment. Both defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and claim that the corpus delicti was insufficiently established to permit the introduction of various inculpatory statements. Graves also urges that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce photographs of the bones of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. HatchettTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  5. State v. CrawfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Bledsoe v. LindamoodDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2020
  3. Eligibility (2) Finding a Violation of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (1968)Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  4. State of Tennessee v. Alec Joseph Mesot Concurring/DissentingCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2008
  5. State of Tennessee v. Andrew Douglas RushCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2010

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