STATE v. ROBBINS


512 S.W.2d 265 (1974)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Reeder ROBBINS, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Bart C. Durham, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, John L. Williams, Dist. Atty. Gen., Huntingdon, for petitioner.

H.T. Ethridge, Jr., Jackson, for respondent.


OPINION

W.M. LEECH, Special Justice.

Respondent, Reeder Robbins, Jr., was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the jury as confinement for not more than one year in the state penitentiary. A timely appeal in the nature of a writ of error was perfected attacking the validity of the conviction. The Court of Criminal Appeals, with Judge Oliver dissenting, reversed holding that T.C.A. § 59-1049 was violative of the confrontation...

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