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DUPREE v. STATE

410 S.W.2d 890 (1967)

John Henry DUPREE, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 6, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham L. Roberts, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error. Phil M. Canale, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., 15th Judicial Circuit, and Jewett H. Miller, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, prosecuted the case for the State in the trial court.

OPINION

WILLIAM J. HARBISON, Special Justice.

Plaintiff in error, John Hery Dupree, was convicted for an assault and battery with intent to commit rape, and was sentenced to serve not more than ten years in the State Penitentiary. He was convicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, after trial on November 4 and 5, 1965.

The prosecuting witness, Lavonne Biggs, testified that an unidentified Negro man entered her home at about 3:30...

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