Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 1, 1989PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BIRCH, Judge.

The defendant, Jesse Andrew Williams, was convicted by jury of first-degree murder. 1 He is serving a sentence of life imprisonment.

Williams appeals, insisting first that the evidence is legally insufficient to establish his guilt of first-degree murder, and additionally, that:

1) The trial court erred in accepting 2 him for indictment and trial as an adult;

2) The trial court erred in the admission of certain evidence from his unlawfully obtained confession;

3) The trial court erred in the admission of evidence showing that he had stolen the murder weapon; and

4) The trial…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. WaltonTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  2. State v. CliftonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  3. State v. PattonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  4. State v. SimmonsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  5. State v. Ricky BryanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1998

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