STATE v. BURKHART


566 S.W.2d 871 (1978)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. William Lee BURKHART, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

Hughie Ragan, Jackson, for respondent.


OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals holding that a trial judge who has imposed a sentence at variance with an express statutory mandate may not correct the sentence to conform to the statute after the judgment has become final.

From the allegations in and exhibits to the pleadings, it appears that the respondent, William Lee Burkhart, was convicted of burglary in the first...

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