SCHWEIZER v. STATE


399 S.W.2d 743 (1966)

Thomas Lynn SCHWEIZER, Plaintiff-in-error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant-in-error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Noland and Walter A. Sanford, Clarksville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville. Noel R. Bagwell, Dist. Atty. Gen., Clarksville, for defendant in error.


CHATTIN, Justice.

In April 1964, a presentment was returned by the grand jury of Montgomery County in which the plaintiff-in-error, Thomas Lynn Schweizer, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged with the murder in the first degree of his wife, Judy, on March 13, 1964.

He was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a term in the State Penitentiary of twenty years.

Defendant has perfected an appeal in error to...

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