Legal Opinion
Ray v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1970PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*166Memorandum Denying Petition for Certiorari
Mr. Special Justice Erby L. Jenkins
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The petitioner, James Earl Ray, who will hereafter he referred to as defendant, was indicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, for the murder from ambush of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Murder in the first degree in Tennessee is described as follows:
Murder in, the first degree — Every murder perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing, or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Diggs v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Boyce v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Hudspeth v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- Archie Harold Davis v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, State Penitentiary, Nashville, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Application of Raymond C. Hodge for Certificate of Probable CauseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. TurnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- State v. PhelpsTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
- State v. CroweTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- State v. HammonsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
- State v. DavisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
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