STATE v. WELCH


565 S.W.2d 492 (1978)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Nancy Mills WELCH, Marsha Schmidt, Catherine Edwards and Dirk Swanson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner; Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

J. Stanley Rogers, Manchester, Robert T. Knott, Albuquerque, N.M., Joseph Abraham, Jr., El Paso, Tex., for respondents.


OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The question presented in this criminal case is whether the trial judge, prior to denying the defendants' motions for suspended sentences, should have ordered a probation officer to make pre-sentence reports pursuant to T.C.A., § 40-2904.

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