Legal Opinion
State v. Jeffries
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 28, 1982PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Presiding Judge.
On the first phase of this trial July 7-13, 1981, the jury found the appellant, Bobby Lee Jeffries, guilty of selling a controlled substance, heroin, and fixed his punishment at 12 years in the penitentiary. On the second phase of the trial, the jury found him guilty of being an habitual criminal. In accordance with its verdict, the trial court sentenced Jeffries to life imprisonment.
This is the third trial of the case. On direct appeal we reversed the first conviction and remanded it for a new trial, Bobby Lee Jeffries v. State, 640 S.W.2d 854 (Tenn.Cr.App.,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Byrge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- Branch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- Krause v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1942
- Metheny v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Yeager v. GreeneDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- United States v. Phyllis RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- State v. CulkinHawaii Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. CulkinHawaii Supreme Court · 2001
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