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STATE v. HOLT

440 S.W.2d 591 (1969)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. James Ronald HOLT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner, and Heiskel Winstead, Dist. Atty. Gen., Morristown, prosecuted the case in the trial court.

Joseph L. Reed and Charles Terry, Morristown, for respondent.

OPINION

DYER, Justice.

The respondent was convicted of rape and sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in the State Penitentiary. Upon appeal the Criminal Court of Appeals reversed this judgment and remanded the cause for a new trial. We granted certiorari.

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