Legal Opinion
Ray v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 24, 1978PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Judge.
James Earl Ray, imprisoned under a 99-year sentence for first degree murder, was one of several inmates who escaped over the prison wall of Brushy Mountain penitentiary on June 10, 1977. He was recaptured on June 13 after bloodhounds led guards to the place he was hiding in the surrounding mountains. After his trial and conviction for escape, the trial judge sentenced him in accordance with the verdict to one to two years’ imprisonment consecutive to his murder sentence.
In this appeal Ray urges that his escape conviction cannot stand because he has already been subjected…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Alvin Odell CluckCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Howard v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. BrooksTennessee Supreme Court · 1970
- United States v. Mark A. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Johnson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. CulpCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Burns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
- Ray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- State v. AndersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Blackmon v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
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