WHITSETT v. STATE


299 S.W.2d 2 (1957)

John W. WHITSETT v. STATE of Tennessee

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens & Bagley, Templeton & Thompson, Fayetteville, for plaintiffs in error.

Nat Tipton, Advocate Gen., Nashville, for the State.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

Plaintiff-in-error, Whitsett, hereinafter called defendant, concedes his guilt of voluntary manslaughter in shooting Robert McPhearson, but insists that the evidence does not support the jury's verdict of second degree murder. The State's rather able insistence is to the contrary.

For about six years preceding the commencement of the events which ended in the death of McPhearson, defendant and his wife appear to have enjoyed a reasonably...

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