GROOMS v. STATE


426 S.W.2d 176 (1968)

Furman Junior GROOMS and Wilbur Stinnett, Plaintiffs in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Hurd, and Ben W. Hooper, II, Newport, for plaintiffs in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Henry F. Swann, Dist. Atty. Gen., Dandridge, prosecuted the case in the trial court, for defendant in error.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs in error, Furman Junior Grooms and Wilbur Stinnett, appeal from a conviction of burglary and larceny. In this case the Court is confronted with the minutes of the trial court which affirmatively show plaintiffs in error were convicted by a jury of thirteen members. Since this will require reversal of the judgment of conviction, we do not deem it necessary to go into the facts of this case.

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