Legal Opinion

Harrell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 2, 1979PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The appellants, James, Harrell and Kenneth McKelvey, were each sentenced to a term of 15 years in the state penitentiary after their conviction for armed robbery. In separate, briefs, they assign error relating to the trial judge’s instructions to the jury, the admission of evidence of another armed robbery allegedly committed by the appellants, and the refusal of the trial judge to quash the indictment. Harrell also attacks the weight and sufficiency of the evidence. We find no reversible error.

The accredited evidence established that the two appellants arrived at…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. People v. HoodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  3. State v. MorganTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  4. State v. BittingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
  5. State v. DennisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. State v. HatcherTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. McPhersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  3. Hughes v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Coon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  5. State v. CaruthersTennessee Supreme Court · 1984

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