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SHEMWELL v. STATE

377 S.W.2d 906 (1964)

Willie SHEMWELL and Franklin Jenkins v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 8, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Cunningham, Clarksville, for plaintiffs in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Walker T. Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

DYER, Justice.

The defendants, Willie Shemwell and Franklin Jenkins, appeal from a conviction of robbery having each received a sentence of seven years.

On 26 January 1963 at about 11:20 P.M. "Bob's Quick Shop" in Clarksville was robbed at gun point of about $500.00 by a negro man wearing a mask. On 3 February 1963 these defendants along with Curtis Singleton and Sollie Slayden were arrested for this robbery. Singleton...

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