BURTON v. STATE


394 S.W.2d 873 (1965)

John T. BURTON v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkes Coffey, Jr., Murfreesboro, for appellant.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.


DYER, Justice.

John T. Burton appeals from a conviction of murder in the second degree for which he received a sentence of not less than ten or more than twenty years in the state penitentiary. The facts are summarized as follows:

On 7 March 1962 defendant married Jean Clark Steelman, a divorcee with four daughters: Barbara, Beverly, Carolyn and Susan. They moved into a home at LaVergne in Rutherford County where on 16 November 1962 a son was born to them...

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