Opinion

Wallis v. State

  • 546 S.W.2d 244
  • 1976 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 309
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Filed
Oct 19, 1976
Status
Published
Author
Dwyer
On the bench
Duncan, Dwyer, Pellegrin
Cited by
9 cases

noting that in exceptional circumstances, the defendant may have the right to rebut the State‘s closing argument

How later courts described this case

  • noting that in exceptional circumstances, the defendant may have the right to rebut the State‘s closing argument
  • only in exceptional circumstances will the defendant have the right to rebut the state’s rebuttal closing argument
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Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

DWYER, Judge.

In concurring I agree it was prejudicial error to allow the State rebuttal argument when the appellant had waived argument.

ERNEST PELLEGRIN, Special Judge, concurs.

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