LEWIS v. STATE


304 S.W.2d 322 (1957)

Raymond LEWIS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dietzen, Graham, Dietzen & Brock, Chattanooga, for plaintiff.

Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to not more than twenty (20) years in the State prison. He has appealed and assigned errors.

The first assignment of error is that there was no evidence to support a conviction of murder in the second degree because malice was not shown, nor was the firing of the shot shown to have...

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