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MAY v. STATE

420 S.W.2d 647 (1967)

John Bennett MAY, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Tyre Havron and John K. Kyle, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Robert H. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error. Thomas H. Shriver, Dist. Atty. Gen., Nashville, prosecuted the case for the State in the trial court.

OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court; that is, plaintiff in error John Bennett May as defendant and defendant in error as the State.

This appeal comes from the Criminal Court of Davidson County. The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree. After an extensive trial, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, on March 3, 1967. At the time of the homicide, both the defendant and...

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