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Manning v. State

Citations

  • 500 S.W.2d 913
  • 1973 Tenn. LEXIS 450

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • failure to give alibi instruction was, at worst, harmless error in face of the state’s strong proof of defendant’s guilt as compared with defendant’s uncorroborated alibi evidence
  • trial court’s erroneous failure to give alibi instruction was harmless where it was “clear beyond a reasonable doubt that had the instruction been given the outcome of the case would have been the same”
  • hold ing th at an appe llate c ourt is not p reclu ded from cons iderin g an u nas sign ed er ror on appe al if it seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings

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Judges: Leech, Dyer, Chattin, Mc-Canless, Fones

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