Legal Opinion
Carruthers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 1, 2003PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid G. Hayes, J.
in which JOE G. RILEY and JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, JJ., joined.
OPINION
The State of Tennessee appeals from an interlocutory order of the post-conviction court, permitting the unsealing of biographical information of a jury that was anonymously empaneled. The Defendant, Tony Carruthers, was convicted of the 1994 murders of Marcellos Anderson, his mother Delois Anderson, and Frederick Tucker and was sentenced to death. After his convictions and sentences were affirmed on direct appeal, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. CarruthersTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Paul C. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Billy L. TalleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Leonard Edward Smith v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
- State of Tennessee v. Prince AdamsTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
- Walsh v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- State of Tennessee v. William Darelle SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
- State of Tennessee v. George Andrew StanhopeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
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