Legal Opinion
State v. Taylor
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 14, 1983PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge.
This case comes to us in a novel light on the State’s appeal from an order in the trial court for Hickman County dismissing a presentment on the grounds that the District Attorney General did not personally prepare the presentment, nor supervise an Assistant District Attorney General in its preparation.
On November 3,1981 the Hickman County Grand Jury returned a presentment charging the defendant with murder in the first degree.
On March 20, 1982, a motion to dismiss the presentment was heard, based on the allegation that the District Attorney General pre-signed the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. SimmonsTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Catharine Fout v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1816
- Applewhite v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
- Stoots v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
- State v. AmosTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. Superior Oil, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. ElrodCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
- State of Tennessee v. Cynthia J. FinchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
- People v. MurrellSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2012
- Tennessee Downs, Inc. v. GibbonsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
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