HELTON v. STATE


255 S.W.2d 694 (1953)

HELTON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Brock, Jr., Raymond A. Graham and Maurice M. Weaver, Chattanooga, John J. Hooker, Nashville, for defendant.

Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PREWITT, Justice.

The defendant, Eugene Helton, was convicted of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Mary Joy Delaney and his punishment fixed at ninety-nine years and a day in the state prison. He has appealed in error here.

The defendant is a man in his early forties and resides in Chattanooga. The record discloses that he is a man of considerable means.

The killing took place on August 23, 1950, about 7 p.m. in the apartment occupied by...

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