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STATE v. TOWNSEND

525 S.W.2d 842 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Roy TOWNSEND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Koch, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville (R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel), for petitioner.

John H. Dinwiddie, Cleveland, for respondent.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Respondent was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to serve from ten to twenty years in the state penitentiary in connection with the death of Barbara Alexander on Sunday, January 7, 1973. Respondent was also found by the jury to be an habitual criminal and was sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. § 40-2801.

Upon appeal of these convictions by the respondent, the Court...

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