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ROCKETT v. STATE

475 S.W.2d 561 (1971)

Dorris Norvell ROCKETT, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied January 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh W. Stanton, Jr., Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Robert H. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Raymond S. Clift and Leonard T. Lafferty, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for defendant in error.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court January 17, 1972.

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

In separate indictments, the Shelby County grand jury charged the defendant Dorris Norvell Rockett, Jr., with rape of Emma McFarland and with robbery of her with a deadly weapon. He filed a special plea of insanity at the time of the offense. On trial of the two cases together, the jury found him guilty of rape and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment and also...

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