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MURPHY v. STATE

426 S.W.2d 509 (1968)

Keith MURPHY, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.H. Reneau, III, Celina, and John Hunter Smith, Livingston, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, and Baxter T. Key, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Carthage, prosecuted the case in the trial court, for defendant in error.

OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

This appeal comes from the Criminal Court of Overton County, Tennessee. The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court; that is, plaintiff in error Keith Murphy as defendant, and defendant in error as the State.

The defendant was indicted on June 4, 1965, for the crime of murder in the first degree while in the perpetration of the crime of arson. He was tried on August 3, 1965. The defendant was...

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