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Espitia v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 9, 1956PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

288 S.W.2d 731 (1956)

Francisco ESPITIA

v.

STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 9, 1956.

L.E. Gwinn and C.P.J. Mooney, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

BURNETT, Justice.

The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and found guilty of the homicide of Mary Elizabeth Warren. The jury fixed the grade of the homicide as murder in the first degree and inflicted a punishment of 30 years' imprisonment. He has seasonably appealed, briefs have been filed and arguments heard. We now have the matter for determination.

A number of errors are assigned.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Camper v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Deathridge v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1853
  3. Shipp v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Young v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1829

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. KeoughTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. RobinsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  3. Church v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Wooten v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Rosenthal v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956

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