FREEMAN v. STATE


362 S.W.2d 251 (1962)

Phillip FREEMAN v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maddux & Cameron, T. Eugene Jared, Cookeville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

The defendant below, Phillip Freeman, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter growing out of an automobile accident and sentenced to serve not more than five years in the State Prison.

Lucille Cleghorn (alias Ripley) was tried jointly with the defendant for the same offense. She received the same sentence as the defendant but she did not appeal.

The principal insistence here is that the case of Eager and Hill v. State, 205...

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