STATE v. BARKSDALE


590 S.W.2d 931 (1979)

STATE of Tennessee, Respondent, v. Robert Lee BARKSDALE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker Gwinn, Edward G. Thompson, Shelby County Public Defender, Memphis, for petitioner.

Michael J. Passino, Asst. Atty. Gen., William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Nashville, for respondent.


COOPER, Justice.

OPINION

Robert Lee Barksdale was convicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County of rape and was sentenced to serve thirty years and twenty-nine days in the state penitentiary. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. We granted certiorari to review the holding by the Court of Criminal Appeals that questions asked by the prosecution of a psychiatrist concerning the dangers of the defendant's possible future conduct...

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