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
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Husty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Jones v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Smith v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by42 opinions
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- House v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. BurnettSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- Carver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- Kersey v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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