ESPITIA v. STATE


288 S.W.2d 731 (1956)

Francisco ESPITIA v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.E. Gwinn and C.P.J. Mooney, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

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


BURNETT, Justice.

The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and found guilty of the homicide of Mary Elizabeth Warren. The jury fixed the grade of the homicide as murder in the first degree and inflicted a punishment of 30 years' imprisonment. He has seasonably appealed, briefs have been filed and arguments heard. We now have the matter for determination.

A number of errors are assigned. After having read the record, the briefs, the authorities cited in the...

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