Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 16, 1970PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Presiding Judge.
The question presented in this post-conviction proceeding is whether the state is required to furnish the petitioner a transcript of his original trial and of a subsequent habeas corpus proceeding when he has alleged no constitutional violation, has specified no trial errors but desires the records only to explore the possibility of filing another petition.
Jones styles his petition one for a bill of particulars. By it he says that in November, 1963, he was sentenced to 99 years’ imprisonment for first degree murder. He asks a transcript of that proceeding, a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gardner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wade v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. KeebleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Owens v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
- Graves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
- McCracken v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- Avant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- State v. WattsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
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