Legal Opinion
Demonbreun v. Bell
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 2007PublishedCited by 20 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, C.J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ„ and DAVID H. WELLES, Sp.J., joined.
The petitioner, Wayford Demonbreun, Jr., filed this petition for habeas corpus to challenge his conviction for aggravated assault as being void because the indictment was for attempted first degree murder, not aggravated assault. The trial court dismissed his petition. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed, granting the petitioner relief holding that the indictment was defective in that it failed to inform him of the essential elements of the offense for which he was convicted. We granted the…
3Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. BurnsTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Archer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- Taylor v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Hickman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. HillTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
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4Cited by20 opinions
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