TOMLIN v. STATE


339 S.W.2d 10 (1960)

James K. TOMLIN, John Leslie Reed, and John Wesley Reed v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dave Alexander, Franklin, John J. Hooker, Nashville, for plaintiffs in error.

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


FELTS, Justice.

Defendants below, James K. Tomlin, John Leslie Reed, and John Wesley Reed, were jointly indicted, tried, and convicted of robbery accomplished by use of a deadly weapon, and each was sentenced to serve 21 years and one day in the State Penitentiary. They have appealed in error and have separately assigned errors.

Evidence for the State was that J.W. Coffey and his wife, Hattie Coffey, lived in a rural...

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