GRAHAM v. STATE


304 S.W.2d 622 (1957)

James William GRAHAM v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson & Henderson, J. H. Henderson, Cletus W. McWilliams, Franklin, for plaintiff in error.

James M. Glasgow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

James William Graham is before the Court on an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree with his punishment fixed at twenty (20) years and one (1) day in the State penitentiary. One Eugene Robertson was jointly indicted and tried with him but was acquitted by the jury.

When Graham was arraigned upon the indictment, he stated to the court that he was unable to employ counsel, and thereupon the trial judge appointed able counsel...

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