SMITH v. STATE


527 S.W.2d 737 (1975)

Ronald Russell SMITH and William Raymond Beard, Jr., Petitioners, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Derryberry, L. Hale Hamilton, William C. Carriger, Chattanooga, for petitioners.

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Bart Durham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

Ronald Russell Smith and William Raymond Beard, Jr., were convicted upon a joint trial for armed robbery. Both men received sentences of twenty-five (25) years in the state penitentiary which were upheld by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Judge W. Wayne Oliver dissented from that court's denial of the defendants' petitions to rehear. We granted certiorari and have heard oral argument...

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