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RAY v. STATE

577 S.W.2d 681 (1978)

James Earl RAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied February 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Krushenski, Oak Ridge, for appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., William J. Haynes, Jr., Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Arzo Carson, Dist. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, William P. Phillips, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Oneida, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court February 20, 1979.

OPINION

WALKER, Judge.

James Earl Ray, imprisoned under a 99-year sentence for first degree murder, was one of several inmates who escaped over the prison wall of Brushy Mountain penitentiary on June 10, 1977. He was recaptured on June 13 after bloodhounds led guards to the place he was hiding in the surrounding mountains. After his trial and conviction for escape, the trial judge sentenced him...

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