SCOTT v. STATE


392 S.W.2d 681 (1965)

Clifford SCOTT and Calvin Van Douglas, Plaintiffs in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace L. Smith, Jr., Chattanooga, for Clifford Scott.

H.H. Gearinger, Chattanooga, for Calvin Van Douglas.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Marne S. Matherne, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


HOLMES, Justice.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter referred to as defendants, in docket Nos. 107219 and 107220 in the Criminal Court of Hamilton County, were convicted of robbery by use of a deadly weapon and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of 50 years. They are represented by court-appointed counsel, who have duly perfected their appeal to this court and filed assignments of error.

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