Legal Opinion
Strouth v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 28, 1986PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Judge.
Donald Wayne Strouth, currently an inmate on death row . at the state penitentiary, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in 1978 for the murder of a Kingsport shopowner, Jimmy Keegan. Strouth’s conviction and death sentence were affirmed by the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1981. State v. Strouth, 620 S.W.2d 467 (Tenn.1981).
The following year, Strouth filed a petition for post-conviction relief, which was denied by the trial court. He now appeals that ruling on multiple grounds. He contends (1) that he was not given a full and fair hearing on his…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. EvansTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- State v. EdginTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. SpurlockCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- Airline Construction, Inc. v. BarrCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
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