Legal Opinion

Beaver v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 20, 1971Published

1Opinion of the Court

475 S.W.2d 557 (1971)

Van Allen BEAVER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

August 20, 1971.

Certiorari Denied January 3, 1972.

Brett B. Stein, Memphis, for appellant.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Everett H. Falk, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, James G. Hall, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court January 3, 1972.

OPINION

RUSSELL, Judge.

The appellant, Van Allen Beaver, was convicted of first degree murder in the Criminal Court of Shelby County in 1965, and his punishment was fixed at death by electrocution. Execution…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  2. Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. John Elmer Woodards v. H. J. Cardwell, Warden, Ohio PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  4. The People v. LeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Huffman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956

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