Case Name: ANONYMOUS
Court: Tennessee Superior Court of Law and Equity
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1809-05
Citations: 1 Overt. 437
Docket Number: 
Parties: ANONYMOUS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 437–437

Head Matter:
ANONYMOUS.
Indictment for assault and battery in the county court; appeal to this court. The defendant in the county court, pleaded guilty, and submitted to the court.

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
The defendant may waive his former submission, and plead not guilty. This court cannot act on his submission in the court below. The defendant again pleaded guilty, and submitted his case to the court—the evidence was heard.
Some conversation took place at the bar respecting the right of concluding the argument.
By the Court.
Powel, j. and Overton, j.—
When a defendant submits his case without argument, the right of conclusion belongs to the defendant's counsel.
2 Bay. 451.