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ADAMS v. STATE

563 S.W.2d 804 (1978)

James Chester ADAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied April 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin E. Snow, John H. Poteet, Cookeville, for appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Baxter Key, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Carthage, Laken Mitchell, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Cookeville, Bobby H. Capers, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Mt. Juliet, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court April 10, 1978.

OPINION

HAL HARDIN, Special Judge.

James Chester Adams appeals from his first degree murder conviction arising from the death of his four year old stepson, Patrick Lewis Adams. The appellant's sentence of death by electrocution has been commuted to life imprisonment by executive order of the Governor of Tennessee.

The appellant makes four assignments of error, challenging (1) the denial of...

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