Legal Opinion

Farmer v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 8, 1978PublishedCited by 119 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WALKER, Judge.

Convicted of arson and sentenced to three to six years in the penitentiary, Jackie V. Farmer and Robert R. Miller seek reversal of their convictions in this court. We have carefully examined all their assignments of error and affirm.

We are first confronted with the failure of the record to show that an appeal was prayed and granted. In order to vest an appellate court with jurisdiction of a cause, the appeal must be both prayed and granted. We have searched the record to determine whether or not this may be considered as indirectly shown in accordance with the rule in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  3. Anglin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
  4. State Ex Rel. Lawrence County v. HobbsTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
  5. Gray v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by119 opinions

  1. State v. EvansTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  2. State v. PendergrassCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  3. State of Tennessee v. Adrian R. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
  4. State v. SmithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
  5. State v. LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2000

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