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STATE v. BARBER

595 S.W.2d 809 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Earl BARBER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy E. Doyle, Townsend & Doyle, Linden, for appellant.

William O. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The application for permission to appeal was granted to review the denial of appellant's petition for a suspended sentence and probation. On doing so, we have concluded that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying appellant's petition.

In State v. Grear, 568 S.W.2d 285, 286 (Tenn.1978), this court held that in order to justify reversal based on abuse of discretion, an appellate...

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