ROCKET v. STATE


480 S.W.2d 920 (1972)

Robert ROCKET, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied May 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Weldon B. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. Clyde Mason and D.F. Young, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 1, 1972.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Judge.

Defendant, Robert Rocket, Jr., and another, were indicted and tried on a charge of first degree murder in the Criminal Court for Shelby County, Tennessee. Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree with punishment fixed by the jury at not less than ten nor more than twenty years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

Error is charged on the weight and sufficiency...

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