Legal Opinion
State v. Scott
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 17, 1987PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, Judge.
The appellant, John E. Scott, was convicted of aggravated rape by a jury of his peers. He was sentenced to serve a term of forty (40) years in the Department of Corrections as a Range I standard offender. After the trial court denied the appellant’s motion for a new trial he appealed to this Court pursuant to Rule 3(b), Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.
In this Court the appellant raises five (5) issues. These issues question (a) the sufficiency of the convicting evidence, (b) the testimony of an expert witness to the effect the rape of the victim was accompanied with…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. GraceTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. HatchettTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by89 opinions
- State v. PikeTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. ParkerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- State v. BradenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- State v. AdamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. DeanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
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