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State v. Martin

Citations

  • 642 S.W.2d 720
  • 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 440

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that trial court erred in denying defendant the opportunity to make an offer of proof, as “such proof may be relevant and necessary to a determination by the appellate courts of whether the trial judge has [ruled properly]”
  • stating that a conviction of concealing stolen property was “facially in the honesty and false statement category and clearly admissible for impeachment purposes if defendant had elected to take the witness stand”
  • attempted armed robbery, burglary and concealing stolen property are crimes of dishonesty
  • offer of proof needed for appellate court to assess the impact of a ruling
  • burglary is a crime of dishonesty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Fones, Cooper, Brock, Harbison, Drowota

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