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MONTS v. STATE

400 S.W.2d 722 (1966)

Henry Clay MONTS and Johnnie West, Plaintiffs in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 2, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Stanton, Public Defender, Memphis, for Johnnie West.

Robert A. Tillman, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for Henry Clay Monts.

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

WHITE, Justice.

Henry Clay Monts and Johnnie West, plaintiffs in error here, were indicted, tried and convicted for murder in the first degree in the perpetration of a burglary, and were sentenced to serve 150 years each in the State Penitentiary. Their motion for a new trial having been overruled, they have appealed and have assigned errors in one joint brief filed on their behalf by the Public Defender of Shelby County, the Honorable Hugh Stanton, appearing on behalf...

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