DENNIS v. STATE


279 S.W.2d 512 (1955)

Minnie DENNIS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Petition to Rehear denied June 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.R. Fain, Jr., of Clarksville, for plaintiff.

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


SWEPSTON, Justice.

Minnie Dennis was convicted for the homicide of her husband for murder in the second degree with a punishment fixed at 15 years in the State prison.

On appeal the principal questions raised by her assignments of error are: (1) That the evidence preponderates against the judgment, and (2) that the Trial Court erred in admitting evidence of a subsequent autopsy on the body of the deceased.

Briefly stated, the theory of the State is...

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