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Layman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided February 19, 1968PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Jackie Layman, has appealed from a conviction of murder in the first degree, his punishment being fixed by the jury at ninety-nine years in the State penitentiary.

He was jointly indicted with one Ovanley Dunham, and they were being tried together until it developed that Dunham was no longer mentally competent to stand trial. A mistrial was declared as to him, and the trial proceeded to the conviction of this defendant.

The deceased, Sam Overton, a clerk at the Super Dollar Market in Newport, was killed at 8:30 A.M., October 7, 1966, as he left the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McBee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Cooper v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Kirkendoll v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Mahon v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Kennedy v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hembree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
  2. State v. JeffersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  3. State v. Ming Sen ShiueSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
  4. Solomon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
  5. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978

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