MOOREHEAD v. STATE


409 S.W.2d 357 (1966)

Jimmy MOOREHEAD v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Nave, Cleveland, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, James P. Watkins, Dist. Atty. Gen., Loudon, and Kenneth Deatherage, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Kingston, prosecuted case in trial court, for defendant in eror.


OPINION

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to serve three years in the State penitentiary. This conviction has been seasonably appealed, briefs filed and arguments heard.

In the outset in view of the disposition we find it necessary to make of this case we will not go into the facts. One of the errors assigned was that the trial judge in refusing to grant a continuance, even though a material...

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