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ROCKETT v. STATE

478 S.W.2d 917 (1972)

Dorris Norvell ROCKETT, Jr., 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

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

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

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court March 6, 1972.

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The Shelby County grand jury indicted the defendant, Dorris Norvell Rockett, Jr., for robbery by use of a deadly weapon of Judy C. Mullins and taking from her $4.18. The petit jury convicted him of this offense and fixed his punishment at 21 years and six months in the penitentiary.

Rockett's principal contention is that the trial judge should have directed...

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