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JOHNSON v. STATE

531 S.W.2d 558 (1975)

Lawrence JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker Gwinn, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for petitioner; Edward G. Thompson, Memphis, of counsel.

Weldon B. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent; R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Petitioner, Lawrence Johnson, was indicted for the offense of robbery with a deadly weapon in violation of T.C.A. § 39-3901. He was found guilty of the offense of robbery, and sentenced to serve from five to ten years in the penitentiary.

At the trial, counsel for petitioner requested jury instructions on the offense of larceny from the person, as defined in T.C.A. § 39-4206, and on the offense of petit larceny...

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