PORTER v. STATE


495 S.W.2d 570 (1973)

Johnny Mack PORTER, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied April 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Phillip W. Brooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Ewell C. Richardson and Wayne Emmons, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court April 16, 1973.

OPINION

GALBREATH, Judge.

The plaintiff in error abandoned his plea of not guilty to the indictment charging him with armed robbery, and in his testimony and his argument to the jury on the issue of punishment he freely and voluntarily acknowledged his guilt. After exhaustively detailing the events leading up to and including the armed robbery of a Memphis grocery and the escape therefrom, the defendant...

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