(Download) "State Tennessee v. Eldred Reid" by At Nashville Court Of Criminal Appeals Of Tennessee # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Tennessee v. Eldred Reid
- Author : At Nashville Court Of Criminal Appeals Of Tennessee
- Release Date : January 19, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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The defendant, Eldred Reid, was convicted by a jury in the Rutherford County Circuit Court of the crime of rape, a Class B felony. He was sentenced as a Range I, standard offender to nine years in the custody of the department of correction. He appeals as of right, raising issues which contend (1) that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of rape, (2) that the trial courts restrictions on his cross-examination of the victim and on his presentation of evidence relative to her bias and motive to fabricate violated his constitutional right to confrontation, and (3) that the trial court improperly enhanced the sentence when no enhancement factors existed. We reverse the conviction because of the trial courts undue restrictions on the defendants cross-examination of the primary witness against him and on his use of impeaching evidence.