Legal Opinion
State v. Gillespie
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 21, 1994PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Judge.
After a jury trial, the defendant, Zip Gillespie, was convicted of second degree murder. The trial court sentenced the defendant as a Range II, multiple offender, to 80 years in prison. In this pro se appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court should have more carefully considered certain of his pretrial motions and that the state should have been required to offer a plea agreement.
We remand this case to the trial court for the appointment of counsel on direct appeal.
On November 5, 1991, the defendant was indicted for second degree murder. The Shelby County Public…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by26 opinions
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