SHOCKLEY v. STATE


585 S.W.2d 645 (1978)

L.V. SHOCKLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

February 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Peters, Winchester, for appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Linda Ross Butts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. William Pope, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Pikeville, Mike P. Lynch, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Winchester, for appellee.


OPINION

HAL HARDIN, Special Judge.

L.V. Shockley appeals his conviction for rape, for which he received a ten year penitentiary sentence. He now contends: (1) that the evidence fails to support the jury's verdict, (2) that the trial court improperly applied T.C.A. § 40-2445 to restrict his right to cross-examine and to produce witnesses in his own behalf, (3) that he was unfairly prejudiced by the prosecution's closing argument and the court's refusal...

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