BAGGETT v. STATE


421 S.W.2d 629 (1967)

Marvin Herbert BAGGETT, Alias, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Meyer, Chattanooga, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


OPINION

HUMPHREYS, Justice.

Baggett was indicted, tried and convicted of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon, with his punishment fixed at confinement for not more than fifteen years in the State Penitentiary. He has appealed and assigned two errors:

1. That the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence;

2. That the trial court erred in refusing to allow Dennis Mahoney to testify as an expert witness on alcoholism.

The State...

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