Farris v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENRY, Justice.
The principal issue in these cases is the validity of § 2 of Chapter 163 of the Public Acts of 1973, which appears in § 40-2707 T.C.A. as the last paragraph thereof, and which reads as follows:
It shall be the further duty of the trial judge charging jurors in cases of criminal prosecutions for felony offenses to charge the said jury as to the provisions of this section and as to the provisions of §§ 40-3612, 40-3613, 41-332 and 41-334, wherever applicable.
Both the trial court and the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld this section.
We affirm the James E. Farris case for the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Woods v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. City of ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
- Forsha v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
- Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1957
- Gray v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
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- Houston v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
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