Legal Opinion
State v. Taylor
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 3, 1981PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TATUM, Judge.
The defendant, Clifford Louis Taylor, was convicted of two counts charging aggravated kidnapping and sentenced to serve 30 years in the penitentiary on each of these charges. He was also convicted of armed robbery with punishment fixed at a term of 15 years in the State penitentiary. Upon a finding that the defendant was a habitual criminal, the armed robbery sentence was enhanced from 15 years to life. The two sentences for aggravated kidnapping were ordered by the trial judge to be served concurrently with each other but consecutively to the enhanced armed robbery…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Leeper v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
- Genesco, Inc. v. WoodsTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. WyrickCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- State v. WilcoxsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. SextonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
- State v. FoxCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
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