Legal Opinion

State v. Watkins

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 14, 1980PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant appeals under Rule 10, T.R.A.P., from an order of the trial court which affirmed the refusal of the District Attorney General to enter into a pretrial diversion agreement with him.

The judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, and two other people, were arrested and found to be in possession of three pounds of marihuana.

The defendant has no prior record in Hamilton County. He was convicted of public drunkenness in Walker County, Georgia, in 1970. A charge of possession of marihuana was dismissed there in 1974. Additionally, he had two traffic violations.

The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. GrearTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Pace v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Murray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979

3Cited by49 opinions

  1. State v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
  2. State v. HammersleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
  3. State v. TravisTennessee Supreme Court · 1981
  4. State v. CarrCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  5. State v. MarkhamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988

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