Legal Opinion

State v. Chestnut

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided July 20, 1982PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SCOTT, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of twenty-one counts of embezzlement and received twenty-one terms of not less than three nor more than three years in the state penitentiary, all to be served concurrently. Her application for probation was denied. In this appeal the appellant has presented eleven issues for our consideration.

In the first issue the appellant questions whether the trial judge erred in denying a mistrial when two of the petit jurors fell asleep during the prosecution’s case. She contends that her constitutional rights to due process of law under the Fifth and…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. GrearTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  5. State v. HatchettTennessee Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. State v. SmithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
  2. State v. GoodeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  3. State v. MannTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. ClevelandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  5. In the Interest of H.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1997

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