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Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Clyde L. Ball
Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Clyde L. Ball
Vanderbilt Law Review
Most of the criminal law cases in the Tennessee courts during the past year have dealt with matters of procedure. The basic principles derived from these cases are treated in the Procedure and Evidence article of this 1954 Survey.' However, those cases of especial interest and significance will be considered here in somewhat greater detail. In addition to procedural matters there were a few cases which turned on concepts basic in the substantive law of crimes.
Substantive Law
Homicide: Tennessee has enunciated and followed a rule which states that driving an automobile while intoxicated is an act malum in se, …