Legal Opinion
State v. Hailey
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1974PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCanless, justice.
The State has perfected its appeal in the nature of a writ of error from the judgment of the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Part Two, by which that court had held unconstitutional and void Chapter 192 of the Public Acts of 1973. Because the constitutionality of the statute is the sole and single question for determination the appeal is to the Supreme Court.
The grand jury indicted James Edward Hailey for murder in the first degree in the following language:
“The Grand Jurors for the State of Tennessee, duly elected, impaneled, sworn, and charged, to inquire for the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Memphis Street Railway Co. v. ByrneTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
- Ryan v. Terminal Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- Frazier v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- State ex rel. Cummings v. TrewhittTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. BlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- Taylor v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. MiddlebrooksTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- Miller v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
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