TRENTHAM v. STATE


358 S.W.2d 470 (1962)

Gene TRENTHAM and John Nichols v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Clark, Benton, V.L. Starke, Cleveland, for plaintiffs in error.

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


PREWITT, Justice.

The defendants below Gene Trentham and John Nichols, were convicted of burglary in the first degree and sentenced to serve not less than five nor more than seven years in the State Prison.

The assignments of error go principally to the sufficiency of the evidence.

Three witnesses testified for the State, Burch G. Biggs, the owner of the home entered by the defendants, W.O. Kennedy, with the TBI, and Tom Dalton, a Deputy Sheriff of...

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