Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 11, 1982PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCOTT, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of five counts of armed robbery and his punishment was fixed at ten years in the state penitentiary on each count. He was also found to be an habitual criminal and his punishment was enhanced to life imprisonment. Much aggrieved by the verdict, the appellant has presented seven issues for our consideration. In the first he questions the sufficiency of the convicting evidence.
On October 27, 1980, shortly before 5:43 P.M., the appellant and another man held up Stinson’s Drug Store in Bulls Gap. At the time they entered the store James W. Stinson,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. HesterTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
- State v. OsteinTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- State v. StreetCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State of Tennessee v. William Eugene HallTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
- State of Tennessee v. Nickolus L. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
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