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STATE v. BRIGGS

533 S.W.2d 290 (1976)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Hugh L. BRIGGS and Montro Taylor, Jr., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Stanley Fink, Walker Gwinn, Memphis, for respondents.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The respondents, Hugh Briggs and Montro Taylor, Jr., hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the criminal court for Shelby County of first degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. The punishment assessed for the murder conviction was 100 years in the penitentiary and for the robbery conviction, life imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court in each case with respect to each...

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