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STATE v. THOMPSON

519 S.W.2d 789 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Dee Washington THOMPSON, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Tenn., John B. Hagler, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

Hubert D. Patty, Eugene B. Dixon, Maryville, for respondent.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The respondent, Dee Washington Thompson, Jr., was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to twenty years and one day in the state penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial because the trial judge failed, sua sponte, to instruct the jury the law respecting the rules for weighing circumstantial evidence in a criminal case. The State seeks a review by certiorari and...

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