JOHNSON v. STATE


397 S.W.2d 170 (1965)

Algie Junior JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Stanton, Sr., Public Defender, and Walker Gwinn, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

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


WHITE, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, Algie Junior Johnson, was convicted of having unlawful carnal knowledge of a female under the age of twelve years. He was sentenced to serve twenty years in the State Penitentiary This is the second appeal in this case, the first resulting in a reversal on the ground that the confession of Johnson admitted to proof in the case was not free and voluntary.

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