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PATTERSON v. STATE

400 S.W.2d 743 (1966)

George PATTERSON v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 9, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Bernstein and Ray Lee Jenkins, Legal Aid Clinic, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Edgar P. Calhoun, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

Patterson was indicted for the crime of burglary and assault and battery with intent to commit rape. The offenses have been charged in separate counts in one indictment. Upon a plea of not guilty the jury found Patterson guilty on both counts and fixed his punishment at nine years in the penitentiary for burglary and twelve years in the penitentiary for assault and battery with intent to commit rape. The judgment of the court was that Patterson...

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