MILLER v. STATE


452 S.W.2d 369 (1969)

Charles William MILLER, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied March 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. D. McCasland, Jr., Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Joseph J. Nigro, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Bernard E. Bernstein, Knoxville, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court March 16, 1970.

OPINION

GALBREATH, Judge.

The plaintiff in error by his own admission shot and killed one Tyrone Wilson, a young Negro, following an unpleasantness over the use and removal of an empty soft drink bottle from a service station on Western Avenue in Knoxville by the deceased on the evening of July 27, 1967. The defendant below sought to justify the slaying as necessary to his self-defense, contending...

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