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SHERRILL v. STATE

321 S.W.2d 811 (1959)

Willie B. SHERRILL v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. P. J. Mooney and R.G. Draper, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

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

BURNETT, Justice.

Sherill was indicted for the commission of a crime against nature. He was convicted of this crime and sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary. From this conviction he has seasonably appealed, filed briefs, arguments have been heard and we now have the matter for determination.

Section 39-707, T.C.A., makes "a crime against nature" a felony. This statute does not go into detail and set forth what each of these crimes are but we...

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