Legal Opinion
Stinson v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1961PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swepston
On February 16, 1960, plaintiff in error Donald Yerner Stinson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted under indictment No. A-84607 charging robbery and being an habitual criminal and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal results from that trial and conviction and the gist of the appeal is that said conviction was void and that he can not be again tried for the alleged offense.
Chronologically the steps leading up to the present problem are as follows: February 18, 1954, indictment No. A-67587 was returned in Shelby County charging defendant and another with robbery…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Lindsey v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Yeaton and Others, of the Schooner General Pinkney and Cargo v. The United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1809
- People v. LowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- State Ex Rel. Grandstaff v. GoreTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Lynch v. State Ex Rel. KillebrewTennessee Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Taylor v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. BurkhartTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. PearsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State Ex Rel. Stewart v. McWherterCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
- State v. CawoodTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
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