STATE v. COLEMAN


519 S.W.2d 581 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. James Lee COLEMAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Robert H. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

Hughie Ragan, Jackson, for respondent.


OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The respondent, James Lee Coleman, was convicted of kidnapping a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Agent, Thomas J. Blackwell, and was sentenced to serve not less than two nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals, with one judge dissenting, reversed the conviction on the ground there was nothing in the record to show that respondent had knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel. Certiorari...

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