Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided March 19, 1975PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

Appeal from a jury conviction for burglary in the third degree and sentence to serve not less than six nor more than ten years in the State Penitentiary.

By the first assignment of error defendants contend the trial court should not have allowed testimony regarding charges allegedly pending against them for unrelated crimes, including crimes with which defendant Weatherford was not in fact charged, to be presented to the jury.

Defendant’s brief particularly refers to testimony of a Tennessee Bureau of Identification agent, Richard Wright, who related he was called into the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Woodruff v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Lea Et Ux. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Harris v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Mays v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
  5. State v. NejinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. DellingerTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  2. State v. MeeksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  3. State v. MeeksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  4. State v. WrightCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  5. State v. McColganCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981

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