HUNT v. STATE


303 S.W.2d 740 (1957)

John Ross HUNT v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy N. Stansberry, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas E. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


BURNETT, Justice.

Hunt was indicted and tried for the offense of first degree murder. The jury found him guilty of second degree murder and fixed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary, from this judgment he has seasonably appealed and assigned errors, filed briefs and we have heard arguments. We now have the matter for determination and disposition.

About 2:30 A.M., in the morning on April 15, 1956, the wife of deceased had started across a foot...

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