Legal Opinion
Fortune v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 1955PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burkett
Fortune was indicted for the second degree murder of one Will Burrow and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, with a prison sentence of not more than 3 years. It is from this conviction that the present appeal comes.
The prosecution grew out of an automobile accident which occurred about 6:00 o’clock on Highway 72, one and a half miles west of Collierville. The deceased was riding in an automobile driven by one Nolan. Nolan’s automobile was traveling' west on his right side of the highway at about 30 miles per hour. Fortune was driving his car in the same direction as that in which Nolan…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- The People v. . SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Keller v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
- People v. . GitlowNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- People v. TuckerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- Lawrence v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. SensingTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- Wester v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Arterburn v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- People v. KruegerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- State v. SprySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1973
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