Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 8/29/1989

State v. Dodson

Citations

780 S.W.2d 778
1989 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 630

How courts have described this case

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

stating that an untimely motion for new trial “is a nullity” and leaves the trial court “no alternative but to dismiss the motion”
“Since the appeal of the appellant has merit, it is in the interest of justice that the notice of appeal requirement be waived.”
in the absence of a timely motion for a new trial, the appellate court could only consider the issue addressing the sufficiency of the evidence
untimely new trial motion restricts review to those issues that would result in outright dismissal of prosecution, such as sufficiency of the evidence

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Judges: Jones, Daughtrey, Birch

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