Legal Opinion

State v. Adams

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 26, 1995PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The State of Tennessee appeals as of right from a judgment of the trial court setting aside a conviction for criminally negligent homicide and granting Nora Adams’s post-trial motion for judgment of acquittal. The state contends that the trial court “erroneously concluded that the evidence did not support the offense of criminally negligent homicide.” 1

The judgment of the trial court is reversed. This case is remanded to the trial court for such further action as the trial court may deem appropriate.

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The Attorney General questions whether an appeal as of right is the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Marable v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
  2. State v. CrawfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1971
  3. State v. CliftonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  4. State v. CarterTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. BaroneTennessee Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. State v. GoodwinTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State v. FarnerTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  3. STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER AKA Patrick CollierTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
  4. State v. GillonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  5. State v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 2004

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