Legal Opinion
Avant v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 7, 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DWYER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a dismissal without an evidentiary hearing of appellant’s “Petition for Records of Criminal Cases”. The appellant is presently incarcerated in the Penitentiary as a result of convictions for committing the offenses of robbery with a deadly weapon, with resulting punishment of confinement for 25 years; crime against nature, with resulting punishment of confinement for 15 years; and crime against nature, with resulting punishment of confinement for 15 years. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. The appellant was convicted in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. MacCollomSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jerry C. Rush and Joseph W. Dougherty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- McCracken v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
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