MOTEN v. STATE


559 S.W.2d 770 (1977)

Lee Artis MOTEN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Kemp Stallings, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for petitioner.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Hugh W. Stanton, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Richard McNeese, Asst. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for respondent.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

The sole question before the Court is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying petitioner's application for a suspended sentence and the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in affirming the action of the Trial Judge.

Petitioner was indicted for grand larceny and receiving and concealing stolen property. He entered a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of petit larceny and received a workhouse sentence of nine months...

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