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STATE v. SCATES

524 S.W.2d 929 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Eddie Ralph SCATES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Hagler, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner; David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

Paul E. Dew, Ripley, for respondent.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Certiorari was granted in this case to consider the scope and application of the decision of this Court in Young v. State, 487 S.W.2d 305 (Tenn. 1972).

There is little dispute in the record as to the material facts. Respondent and a companion were prisoners at the Fort Pillow State Farm in Lauderdale County. On April 7, 1972 they, together with several other prisoners, were working...

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