Legal Opinion

State v. Baker

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 11, 1981PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of burglary in the second degree and sentenced to serve not less than three (3) years nor more than six (6) years in the penitentiary.

The defendant says the trial court should have suppressed the lineup identification because of lack of counsel thereat and lack of waiver thereof, and says a new trial should have been granted on the basis of newly discovered evidence.

The judgment is affirmed.

The circumstances surrounding the lineup in which the defendant was identified did not require the appointment of counsel or waiver thereof to avoid…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. State v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Freddie Sevier v. Kenneth TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  2. State v. KillebrewCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  3. State v. BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  4. State v. WorkmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
  5. State v. WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982

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