Legal Opinion

State v. Adams

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided January 2, 1997PublishedCited by 146 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, Special Judge.

The Defendant appeals to this court as of right from a judgment entered on a Weakley County jury verdict convicting him of attempt to commit first degree murder and aggravated assault. The defendant presents four issues for review: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support a guilty verdict for attempt to commit first degree murder; (2) that principles of double jeopardy prohibit his conviction for both attempt to commit first degree murder and aggravated assault; (3) that the twenty-five year sentence for attempt to commit first degree murder is…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. State v. TuggleTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
  4. State v. CabbageTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  5. State v. AshbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1991

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3Cited by146 opinions

  1. State v. HesterTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. GannCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2007
  3. State v. JacksonTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  4. State v. HastingsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  5. Demario Lawon Fisher v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2019

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