CAPPS v. STATE


478 S.W.2d 905 (1972)

Betty June CAPPS, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant-in-Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied March 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emery B. Gill, Centerville, for plaintiff in error.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Lance D. Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. Alonzo Bates, Dist. Atty. Gen., Centerville, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court March 6, 1972.

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This is an infanticide case in which the jury found the mother-defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed her punishment at confinement for not less than two nor more than two years in the State Penitentiary. Judgment has been duly entered on the verdict and appeal by court-appointed counsel seasonably perfected.

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