Legal Opinion

State v. Mitchell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided May 26, 1987PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This is an appeal of right by Carson Mitchell from a jury conviction of three counts of aggravated sexual battery, for which appellant received an effective sentence of seven years, and one count of extortion for which appellant was sentenced to two years to run consecutively with the former sentences. Appellant raises four issues, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the failure of the State to make an election as to a particular offense, the trial court’s instructions to the jury, and the trial court’s imposition of consecutive sentences.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Burlison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
  2. State v. FearsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  3. Jamison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Dossett v. City of KingsportCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007
  3. State of Tennessee v. Arthur BufordCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2005

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