Legal Opinion

State v. Kelley

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 24, 1984PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

William Carroll Kelley and Phillip Wayne Kelley were brought to trial in the Giles County Criminal Court on a change of venue from Maury County. They were charged and convicted on three counts of first degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder. They were sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment on the murder convictions and twenty-five years on the assault conviction. The sentences are to be served consecutively-

In summary the evidence shows that on June 23, 1982, a number of the members of the Estis family were fishing on a sandbar at a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
  5. State v. RobinsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. MannTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  2. State v. BarberTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Donald Wayne Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Phillip W. Kelley v. Shawn Phillips, WardenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2017
  5. Phillip Wayne Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2010

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