Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 12/10/1986

State v. Jones

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729 S.W.2d 683
1986 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 2890

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finding that “no prejudicial error requiring appellate reversal occurred with regard to this issue inasmuch as the delay in sentencing amounted to only three days . . . [and] without a showing by the appellant of resulting prejudice, any error must be harmless.”
adverting to “general rule in Tennessee that statutory provisions which relate to the mode or time of doing an act to which the statute applies are not to be mandatory, but directory only”

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Judges: Dwyer, O'Brien, Scott

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