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Dorsey v. State

Citations

  • 568 S.W.2d 639
  • 1978 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 312

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  • holding that [p]ost- Bruton cases, as well as the ABA Standards, make it clear, that the rule in Bruton does not apply to confessions which do not implicate the non-confessing defendant . . . .”
  • best practice is to grant severance when co-defendant pleads guilty

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Judges: Daughtrey, Galbreath, Russell

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