Legal Opinion

Bolden v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1918PublishedCited by 11 opinions

FBOM SHELBY. Appeal from the Criminal Court of Shelby County. — Hon. T. W. Harsh, Jndge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

Plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree, with mitigating circumstances, on the body of one George Norman, and he has appealed to this court.

The only proof claimed by the State to have been made of the death of Norman was the testimony of *120the superintendent of the City Hospital in Memphis, to which institution Norman was taken after he was shot by Bolden. The superintendent testified in substance as follows:

He produced and filed the record of George Norman as a patient in the hospital, showing by its recitals that the latter was admitted on the day of-» the shooting and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chaffee & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. People v. MitchellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. NesbitTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  2. State of Tennessee v. Courtney BishopTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
  4. Hughes v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946
  5. Hill v. National Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1929

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