EVANS v. STATE


400 S.W.2d 536 (1966)

Ernest F. EVANS, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schoolfield & Taylor, and Robert H. Feeney, Chattanooga, for plaintiff-in-error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant-in-error.


CRESON, Justice.

This appeal comes from the Criminal Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court; that is, plaintiff in error, Ernest F. Evans, as defendant, and defendant in error as the State.

The defendant was stopped by police while riding in a car with Frances Jenkins. The police, prior to stopping the defendant, had been staked out watching a car which they suspected was stolen. The defendant...

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