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HACKNEY v. STATE

551 S.W.2d 335 (1977)

Lester HACKNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied March 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max E. Wilson and O.H. Wilson, Mountain City, for appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Atty. Gen., Linda Ross Butts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, David E. Crockett, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Elizabethton, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court March 21, 1977.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The prosecution in this case came about as the result of the death of Louise Matheson on June 14, 1975. Her body was found in the remains of her rural Johnson County home, which was completely destroyed by fire. Matheson's paramour, Lester Hackney was indicted for first degree murder and subsequently convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed a sentence of four...

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