Legal Opinion

Pedigo v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1951PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice G-ailor

Defendant appeals from conviction of murder in the second degree and punishment of 10 years confinement in the State penitentiary.

This is the second appeal of this defendant from a conviction of participation in the killing of Charles Cantrell, and it is the fourth time the Court has reviewed the facts of the crime on appeal by Pedigo and his codefend-ants, Milburn Adcock and James Brown Jones.

In view of our disposition of the case we will make no review of the evidence. The body of Charles Cantrell was found under a cliff on the bank of Caney Pork River at a remote spot in DeKalb County some…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Adcock v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1949

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. TysonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
  2. Tomlin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  3. McElhaney v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Ydale Banks v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2012

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