JEFFRIES v. STATE


640 S.W.2d 854 (1979)

Bobby Lee JEFFRIES, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Baucum, Asst. Public Defender, Memphis, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Charles L. Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Neil Taylor, Gerald Easter, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.


OPINION

WALKER, Judge.

On his trial in Shelby County the appellant, Bobby Lee Jeffries, was found guilty of unlawfully selling a controlled substance, to wit, heroin, and his punishment fixed at six to 12 years' imprisonment. The habitual criminal count of the indictment was then presented to the jury and it found him guilty under it, enhancing his punishment to life imprisonment. From that judgment and sentence he appeals to this court.

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