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SCRUGGS v. STATE

404 S.W.2d 485 (1966)

Leonard SCRUGGS, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Underwood, Jr., Chattanooga, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, State Atty. Gen., and Edgar P. Calhoun, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, and Edward E. Davis, Dist. Atty. Gen., Chattanooga, prosecuted case for the State in trial court, for the State.

OPINION

DYER, Justice.

Leonard Scruggs, hereinafter referred to as defendant, appeals from a conviction of assault and battery with intent to rape.

Mrs. Helen Farmer, a practical nurse employed by Erlinger Hospital in Hamilton County, was attacked on the night of 21 February 1965 about 10:30 P.M. as she was about to get on an elevator in the hospital to go to work. Her attacker pulled her into a stair...

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