Legal Opinion

Howard v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 4, 1973PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OLIVER, Judge.

Represented in the trial court and here by the Public Defender duly appointed, Howard has perfected an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court contesting his Shelby County Criminal Court third degree burglary conviction for which he was sentenced to not less than three nor more than five years in the penitentiary.

By his first two Assignments of Error the defendant makes the usual assault upon the sufficiency of the evidence, insisting that it preponderates against the verdict of the jury and in favor of his innocence. In considering such Assignments, we must…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  2. Webster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1967
  3. Jamison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Morelock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  5. O'BRIEN v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
  2. Craig v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
  3. Ledford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
  4. McCloudy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974

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