Rader v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SULLIVAN. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Sullivan county. Newton EIacker, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFaRlastd, J.
The prisoner has been convicted of murder in the first degree, “with mitigating circumstances,” for the killing of "W. T. Thomas in Sullivan county. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment pronounced in accordance with the verdict of the jury, sentencing him to imprisonment for life, and from this judgment he has appealed in error to this court.
It is assigned as error that the circuit judge refused a new trial, upon the alleged ground that it was shown after the trial that J. 1ST. Foust, one of the jurors, had in fact prejudged the case, and had expressed a strong opinion…
2Cited by14 opinions
- State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. FarmerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Rosenthal v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Drye v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1944
- State v. AlexanderCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
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