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EDWARDS v. STATE

540 S.W.2d 641 (1976)

George S. EDWARDS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucius E. Burch, Jr., Charles F. Newman, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, for petitioner.

Robert H. Roberts, Advocate Gen., R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

Petitioner, George S. Edwards, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the June 7, 1972, killing of his sister, Elizabeth (Betty) A. Edwards. Petitioner admitted he had shot and killed his sister on the date alleged in the indictment, and interposed the defense of insanity at the time of commission of the act. The jury found petitioner guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at ten years in the...

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