Legal Opinion

State v. Sexton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 15, 1983PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of assault with the intent to commit murder in the first degree with bodily harm and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, says the trial court erred when it allowed the state to amend the indictment by changing the date of the offense, says the trial court erred in allowing the victim to show to the jury the hand injuries she sustained as a result of the attack, says the trial court erred in allowing evidence of child support owed to the victim by the defendant, says the trial court erred…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
  3. State v. DurhamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  4. Sotka v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
  5. State v. TaylorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. KennedyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  2. Christopher Jerome Taylor v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
  3. State of Tennessee v. Bobby Shellhouse, Jr.Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  4. State of Tennessee v. Franscisco I. Bustamonte and Scott Carroll, Jr.Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
  5. State v. William KennedyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2010

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