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HUNTER v. STATE

440 S.W.2d 1 (1969)

Charles HUNTER, Franklin Wright, Ulous Harris, Earl Foster, Garfield Huston, Edgar Williams, Jr. and Elester Benton, Plaintiffs in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearings Denied April 18, 1969.

Second Rehearing Denied August 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert H. Boyd, Memphis, for Charles Hunter and Franklin Wright.

Russell X. Thompson, Memphis, for Ulous Harris, Earl Foster, Garfield Huston, Edgar Williams, Jr. and Elester Benton.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, and Phil M. Canale, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, prosecuted the case in the trial court.

OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

This is an appeal by seven of the original eleven defendants from judgments of conviction for the offense of rape.

On September 21, 1965, Charles Hunter, Franklin Wright, E.L. Harris also known as Ulous Harris, Elester Benton, Booker T. Fossett, Edgar Williams, Jr., Johnnie Lee Green, Andrew Lee Pearson, and Earl Foster were indicted for rape—the unlawful carnal knowledge...

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