Legal Opinion
State v. Vestal
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1981PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Justice.
Sammy Wayne Vestal was convicted of having violated T.C.A. § 39-2102 by “abandoning the body of Sherry Lynn Fleenor on McQueens Knob located in Sullivan County,” and was sentenced to serve 11 months and 29 days in the county jail. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and dismissed the case.
Sammy Vestal and two friends, Greg Powers and Doug Moore,1 took Sherry Lynn Fleenor to Powers’ trailer where she smoked marijuana, drank beer, and rapidly drank about a pint of moonshine whiskey. She became quite ill and vomited several times before Vestal left the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. NorthcuttCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- State v. BradburySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1939
- Thompson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. HartzlerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. BrewerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- Robert L. Wilks v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- State of Tennessee v. Kenneth D. MeltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
- State v. BrewerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2010