Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Courtney Bishop
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 2014No. W2010-01207-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
This appeal involves questions regarding when the police may legally arrest a suspect based on information provided by an accomplice and the amount of corroboration required to convict a person who has confessed to a crime. A Shelby County jury convicted the defendant of attempted aggravated robbery and first-degree felony murder. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed both convictions after deciding (1) that the defendant’s…
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