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STATE v. BOMAR

354 S.W.2d 763 (1962)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Clayton DAWSON, Appellant, v. Lynn BOMAR, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied March 7, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Graham, Nashville, for appellant.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Henry C. Foutch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

WHITE, Justice.

This is an appeal from Division 1 of the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, by Clayton Dawson, who is being detained in the Tennessee State Penitentiary under a sentence of death by electrocution for the crime of rape. The appellant was convicted of such crime in the Shelby County Criminal Court on April 16, 1960 and the jury fixed his punishment as aforesaid. An appeal was perfected from said...

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