Legal Opinion

Seaton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided May 24, 1971PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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GALBREATH, Judge.

The plaintiff in error appeals from his conviction in the Criminal Court of Knox County of robbery committed with a deadly weapon and the sentence imposed on the jury verdict of thirty (30) years in the penitentiary.

The assignments of error complain of the failure of the trial judge to grant a severance from plaintiff in error’s co-defendant and of improper argument of counsel for the State.

The two defendants, plaintiff in error John Seaton and Kenneth Johnson, were indicted and jointly tried for the robbery of one James L. Lee on the evening of September 26, 1969.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Sneed v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
  3. White v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Wallis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. PorterfieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Parham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  3. Peabody v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
  4. State v. PorterfieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1988

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