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People V. Granados [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
People V. Granados [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Defendant was entitled to modification of his conviction of first degree murder to second degree murder because no competent evidence established that he engaged in sexual molestation of a child under the age of 14.
Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1957 Tennessee Survey, James B. Earle
Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1957 Tennessee Survey, James B. Earle
Vanderbilt Law Review
Homicide: The statutory requirement that a killing be "willful; deliberate, malicious, and premeditated" for a finding of murder in the first degree is not applicable to a killing committed while in the perpetration of one of the felonies listed in the statute. This question arose in Farmer v. State, in which it appeared that the killing resulted from the setting on fire of a dwelling, i.e. arson, by the defendant. It was urged on appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court that there was no proof of felonious homicide because there was no showing of an intent to kill nor even …
People V. Moore [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
People V. Moore [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A verdict of first-degree murder was proper under the felony murder doctrine because the evidence showed that the killing occurred in the course of an attempted rape.
People V. Hardenbrook, Jesse W. Carter
People V. Hardenbrook, Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
The prior consistent statement of a witness was properly admitted to refute an inference of recent fabrication of the testimony. A lay witness was not competent to testify as to defendant's ability to commit premeditated murder.