Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 5, 1981PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNCAN, Judge.
The defendants, Dennis Ray Brock and Katherine Sheldon Wright, were convicted in the Roane County Criminal Court of murder in the first degree. Each defendant received a life sentence in the penitentiary.
In this appeal, the defendants request our review of numerous issues. We find merit to their complaint that the trial judge committed reversible error in refusing to charge the jury on the lesser included offenses of murder in the first degree.
The evidence in this case showed that defendant Wright was the wife of the de*312ceased, Jerry Wayne Wright, but they were separated.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Andresen v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Strader v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by54 opinions
- State v. PappasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
- State v. AndersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
- Carpenter v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. TrustyTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
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