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JERNIGAN v. STATE

475 S.W.2d 184 (1971)

Jerry Lynn JERNIGAN, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied December 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Price Nimmo, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, C. Douglas Thoresen and Kent Sandidge, III, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 20, 1971.

OPINION

RUSSELL, Judge.

The plaintiff-in-error, Jerry Lynn Jernigan, seeks reversal of his conviction for rape and ninety-nine year penitentiary sentence.

Jernigan, a narcotics addict, admits that he broke into the mobile home of Mrs. Gloria Jones at about 2 a.m., seeking to steal to "feed his habit". He was armed with an automatic pistol. Upon finding Mrs. Jones, a divorcee, in bed with...

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