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WILSON v. STATE

421 S.W.2d 91 (1967)

Ernest WILSON v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Street, Banks, Merryman & Musick, Elizabethton, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Lance D. Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State, Lewis May, Dist. Atty. Gen., Elizabethton, prosecuted the case for the State in the trial court.

OPINION

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error was indicted for forgery, and under this indictment was convicted of forging a check for $5.56 and was sentenced to serve from one (1) to three (3) years in the State penitentiary.

The argument on his behalf is that the verdict is not supported by the evidence and is contrary to the weight and preponderance of the evidence and that the verdict evinces prejudice, passion and caprice under the...

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