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BECTON v. STATE

506 S.W.2d 137 (1974)

Robert Earl BECTON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. McCormick, Memphis, for petitioner.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen. of Tenn., C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The parties will be designated as follows, the petitioner, Robert Earl Becton, as defendant, and the respondent, State of Tennessee, as the State.

Defendant was convicted on a guilty plea in the Shelby County Criminal Court on May 1, 1971, of involuntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to not less than one nor more than five years in the penitentiary, with the actual place of confinement to be the Shelby County Penal Farm...

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