Legal Opinion

Sims v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 4, 1969PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OLIVER, Judge.

Parson Sims, Jr., the plaintiff in error and defendant below, was and is represented by privately retained counsel. When this case was before the Court on direct appeal from a conviction of unlawfully selling whiskey and a penitentiary sentence of not less than one nor more than two years, we adhered to the settled law and held that the Bill of Exceptions filed after expiration of the time prescribed by TCA § 27-111 could not be considered; and, finding no error in the technical record, the trial court’s judgment was affirmed. Thereafter, pursuant to the Post-Conviction…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Archie Harold Davis v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, State Penitentiary, Nashville, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
  2. State Ex Rel. Dych v. BomarTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  3. State Ex Rel. Johnson v. HeerTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Collins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Lester v. AthertonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
  2. McCain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
  3. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
  4. Sparkman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  5. Sparkman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970

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