Legal Opinion

Jollay v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1914PublishedCited by 8 opinions

FROM KNOX. Error to the Criminal Court, Knox Connty. — T. A. R. Nelson, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice P!aw

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in er-ror, Walter Jollay, has appealed from a judgment of the criminal court of Knox county sentencing him to life imprisonment for the murder of Ben Anderson. Plaintiff in error admits that he shot Ben Anderson at the time and place claimed by *288the State, and he does not controvert the fact, which is clearly proven, that Anderson died on the day following the shooting, from the effect of the wonnds thns inflicted by plaintiff in error.

Plaintiff in error and Ben Anderson both lived in the neighborhood of Chilhowee Park, or the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Maxwell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Pearson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Dickason v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Bauer v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
  5. State v. MeekWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929

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