Legal Opinion

State of Tennessee v. James Hawkins

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 1, 2017No. W2012-00412-SC-DDT-DDPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON November 2, 2016 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES HAWKINS Automatic appeal from the Court of Criminal Appeals Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 0806057 Chris Craft, Judge ___________________________________ No. W2012-00412-SC-DDT-DD – Filed May 1, 2017 ___________________________________ A jury convicted the defendant of the premeditated first degree murder of his girlfriend, who was the mother of his three children.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-202(a)(1) (2014). The jury also found the defendant guilty of initiating a false report concerning her…

2Cases cited136 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000

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