Legal Opinion

State v. Underwood

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided January 10, 1984PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The defendant says the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict, says the trial court should have suppressed the testimony of two witnesses whose names were not revealed until shortly before the trial, or in the alternative should have granted a continuance on this basis; says oral and written statements made by the defendant should have been suppressed; says the trial court erroneously allowed the state to demonstrate to the jury how the defendant had…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Beckwith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. McBee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  3. State v. CrawfordCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
  4. State v. GarlandCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  5. State v. GoodmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. State v. HutchisonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  2. State v. JeffersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  3. State v. AllenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  4. State v. McCormickTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  5. State v. MorrisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987

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