State of Tennessee v. Kevin Hunter Biggs - Dissenting

Case Number
E2005-01402-CCA-R3-CD

I respectfully dissent from the result reached by the majority, and would affirm the judgment of the trial court. In 1978, based upon the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 98 S. Ct. 2141 (1978), and Greene v. Massey, 437 U.S. 19, 98 S. Ct. 2151 (1978), the Tennessee Supreme Court held in State v. Cabbage, 571 S.W.2d 832, 835 (Tenn. 1978), that the thirteenth juror rule in Tennessee must be abolished, because it violated principles of double jeopardy.

Authoring Judge
Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Originating Judge
Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood
Case Name
State of Tennessee v. Kevin Hunter Biggs - Dissenting
Date Filed
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This is a dissenting opinion
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