Legal Opinion
Nelson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 1, 1971PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOliver, J.
Norbert Nelson and Carl J. Crain, the petitioners below, indigent and represented at their trials and in this proceeding by the Shelby County Public Defender upon appointment by the court, inmates of the State Penitentiary where they are serving two consecutive three to five-year grand larceny sentences adjudged in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, have duly perfected an appeal in the nature of a writ of error from the judgment of that court dismissing, without an evi-dentiary hearing, their petition filed under the Post-Conviction Procedure Act (TCA secs. 40-3801 — et seq.).
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- James P. Taylor v. United States of America, James Peter Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
- State v. DulsworthCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
- Pulley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
- State v. MillerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
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