DYKES v. STATE


296 S.W.2d 861 (1956)

Roy DYKES v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis B. Merryman, Jr., Elizabethton, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Advocate General, for the State.


BURNETT, Justice.

The plaintiff in error was indicted along with his brother, who did not appeal. The conviction of the plaintiff in error was for burglary in the third degree and his sentence was fixed at the maximum of three years and one day in the State Penitentiary. This indictment and conviction was under Section 39-904, T.C.A. as found in the accumulative supplement thereof and reads thus:

"Burglary in the third degree is the breaking and entering...

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