Legal Opinion

State v. Ensley

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 4, 1996PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUMMERS, Judge.

At a joint trial, the appellants, Ella Ensley and James Scott McCulley, were each convicted of two counts of first degree murder. Appellant McCulley was also convicted of two counts of attempted second degree murder. Ensley received two consecutive life sentences. McCulley was sentenced to life without parole in the first degree murder convictions and to consecutive thirty-year sentences in the attempted second degree murder convictions.1 From these convictions and sentences both appeal.

Appellant Ensley argues that:

*5051. Her ease should not have been consolidated with the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. State of Tennessee v. LaJuan HarbisonTennessee Supreme Court · 2018
  2. State v. CothranCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
  3. State v. GoodsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  4. State of Tennessee v. Thomas Lee HutchisonTennessee Supreme Court · 2016
  5. Caitlyn Metz v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2021

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