HARRIS v. STATE


399 S.W.2d 749 (1966)

Emanuel HARRIS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel W. Mahoney and Morris Gannon, Jr., Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.


BURNETT, Chief Justice.

Harris was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve eleven months and twenty-nine days on the county roads. From this conviction he has seasonably appealed, and, after a full consideration of the briefs and record, we now have the matter for disposition.

The record shows that Harris and deceased had, on March 29, 1963, been having difficulty with each other. On that date about 7:30 p.m., they engaged in a fight in...

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