SIMPSON v. STATE


437 S.W.2d 538 (1968)

James E. SIMPSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1968.

Certiorari Denied February 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Rutherford, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Nashville, C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, John J. Hollins and Robert S. Brandt, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court February 17, 1969.

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant below, James E. Simpson, appeals in error from his conviction of murder in the second degree and sentence to ten to fifteen years in the penitentiary.

He contends first that the evidence preponderates against his guilt and in favor of his innocence.

On March 1, 1967, at 4:00 or 4:45 P. M., the defendant entered a Nashville beer tavern...

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