BURNS v. STATE


591 S.W.2d 780 (1979)

Mahlon BURNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Permission to Appeal Denied November 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Patrick, Jr., Hendersonville, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., State's Atty. Gen., William O. Kelly. Asst. State's Atty. Gen., Nashville, Elmer D. Davies, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Joseph D. Baugh, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Franklin, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court November 13, 1979.

BYERS, Judge.

OPINION

The appellant was convicted of armed robbery and was found by the jury to be an habitual criminal. The mandatory life sentence was imposed.

The appellant says a juror who admitted having prior knowledge of this case should have been dismissed for cause, challenges the admission of certain statements claimed to be hearsay testimony, says the trial judge erred...

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