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LEWELLING v. STATE

460 S.W.2d 847 (1970)

William LEWELLING, Plaintiff In Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 16, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis W. Headman, Boyd W. Cox, and Cecil L. Forinash, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

David M. Pack, Attorney General and Reporter, Arnold Peebles, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, and Ronald A. Webster, Dist. Atty. Gen., Knoxville, for defendant in error.

OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

This cause comes before the Court on petition for certiorari heretofore granted. It has been briefed and argued in this Court.

In this opinion, the parties will be referred to in accordance with the status they occupied in the trial court; that is, William Lewelling, defendant, and State of Tennessee as the State.

William Lewelling was convicted for the slaying of his seventeen year old son, Tommy Lewelling, in the...

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