Legal Opinion

Simmons v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 6, 1955PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett

This appeal is from a conviction of' possessing whisky wherein the plaintiff in error was fined $300' and given a six-month workhouse sentence.

The State has made a motion:

“1. To strike the entire transcript and dismiss the appeal. This for the reason that the instrument purporting to be a transcript of the. record is no-wligre authenticated by the Clerk of the lower Court ■ as being a true and correct copy * * *.
“2. The instrument purporting to he a hill of exceptions, he stricken from the record. The order overruling the motion for a new trial is not dated. This order allowed sixty days for…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Husty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Jones v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Smith v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1936

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. House v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  3. State v. BurnettSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
  4. Carver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
  5. Kersey v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975

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