KIRKENDOLL v. STATE


281 S.W.2d 243 (1955)

Harry KIRKENDOLL and Charlie Sullins v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.M. Harrison, Jr., Lebanon, for plaintiff in error Sullins.

Z. Alexander Looby and Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, for plaintiff in error Kirkendoll.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


BURNETT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree wherein the punishment was fixed at death by electrocution.

First, lest we might overlook it in the end, we feel that we are called upon to say that able counsel for both plaintiffs in error have done a masterly piece of work in representing these parties. Their briefs herein are excellent and the arguments made before this court were good. We feel called upon to make this...

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