Legal Opinion

Scales v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1944PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Prewitt

The plaintiff in error, Bobert W. Scales, was tried and convicted for reckless driving and a fine of $25 was imposed. Following the overruling of the motion for a new trial and the motion in arrest of judgment, plaintiff in error has appealed to this Court and assigned two errors raising two questions:

First, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict; and second, that the motion in arrest of judgment should have been sustained on the ground that the plaintiff in error should have been turned over to the juvenile court rather than indicted and tried in the circuit court.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ashby v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Riggins v. TylerTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Southern Ry. Co. v. RowlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Darnell v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
  5. State Ex Rel. Purdy v. PattonTennessee Supreme Court · 1940

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Neff v. Cherokee Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Metropolitan Government of Nashville v. PoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Gallagher v. ButlerTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Churchwell v. CallensCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1952
  5. Christian v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1946

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