PAYNE v. STATE


379 S.W.2d 759 (1964)

Udean PAYNE, Plaintiff in Error v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Musick, Street, Banks, Merryman & Musick, Elizabethton, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Walker T. Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


WHITE, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, defendant below, was indicted, tried and convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree upon the person of Arthur Stansberry, and the jury fixed his punishment at five years confinement in the State Penitentiary. The court entered a correct judgment sentencing him to serve not less than one nor more than five years in the State Penitentiary.

His motion for a new trial was seasonably made and...

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