STAGGS v. STATE


357 S.W.2d 52 (1962)

Lewis Evans STAGGS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Hollis, Waynesboro, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Lyle Reid, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for State.


WHITE, Justice.

The plaintiff-in-error, defendant, has appealed from a conviction of murder in the second degree for which he was sentenced to serve ten years in the State Penitentiary, and has assigned errors.

The facts are that on November 18, 1960, at about 6:00 o'clock in the evening Maxine Stricklin, a little girl, aged twelve, lost her life when riding in an automobile owned by John Petty and driven by his thirteen year old daughter, Linda Gayle Petty...

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