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· 9/26/1995

State v. Dishman

Citations

  • 915 S.W.2d 458
  • 1995 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 814

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that it was harmless error when a witness, after having her recollection refreshed with a writing, retained this writing and continued to testify from it
  • concluding that error existed because the witness, after having her recollection refreshed with a writing, retained the writing and continued to testify from it, but concluding that the error was harmless
  • suggesting that there is no conviction within the meaning of Rule 609 when pretrial diversion is granted
  • first citing State v. Fowler, 373 S.W.2d 460, 466 (Tenn. 1963); and then citing Johnson, 670 S.W.2d at 636
  • first citing Coffee v. State, 216 S.W.2d 702, 703 (1948); and then citing Davis v. State, 212 S.W.2d 374, 375 (1948)
  • “Because they were not taken back, there appears to have been error by the manner in which the log entries were used [to refresh the witness‟s memory]. We believe, however, any error was clearly harmless in the context of the entire record.”

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Judges: Wade, Tipton, Burch

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