# State v. Cazes

> Tennessee Supreme Court · February 14, 1994 · 875 S.W.2d 253

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9763376

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor James CAZES, Defendant-Appellant
- **Court:** Tennessee Supreme Court
- **Decided:** February 14, 1994
- **Citations:** 875 S.W.2d 253; 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 28
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing
- **Judges:** Anderson, Drowota, O'Brien, Reid, Daughtrey
- **Cited by:** 829 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding the trial court did not abuse its discretion when denying a capital defendant a trial continuance where prior counsel - 42 - worked on the case for thirteen months before withdrawing, current counsel had been appointed to the matter two and one-half months prior to the…
- holding that the victim’s skull was -19- relevant in illustrating the forensic pathologist’s testimony that he found a “signature” for the murder weapon
- holding that the victim's cleaned and reconstructed skull 19 was admissible pursuant to Rule 403
- noting that per Harrison, “[a] defendant who chooses to testify waives his privilege against compulsory self-incrimination with respect to the testimony he gives.”

## Opinion text

ORDER ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
The appellant, Victor James Cazes, has filed a petition for rehearing in this cause, which the Court has considered and concludes should be denied.
It is so ORDERED.

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