MONTESI v. STATE


417 S.W.2d 554 (1967)

Louis Frank MONTESI, Sr., Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Heiskel and Frank J. Glankler, Jr., Memphis, Montedonico, Gilliland, Heiskell, Davis, Canale & Glanker, Memphis, of counsel, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Fox and Albert D. Noe, IV, Asst. Attys. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error. Phil M. Canale, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Robert K. Dwyer and James C. Beasley, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, prosecuted case for the State in trial court.


OPINION

WILLIAM J. HARBISON, Special Justice.

In this case plaintiff in error, Louis Frank Montesi, Sr., was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the homicide of his wife, Evelyn Montesi, who died of a gunshot wound inflicted upon her at her home in Memphis, Tennessee, on the evening of November 2, 1965. Plaintiff in error has appealed to this Court and has assigned several errors. For convenience, plaintiff in error will be referred to...

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