STATE v. STURDIVANT


607 S.W.2d 230 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee, Respondent, v. James Lewis STURDIVANT, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry J. Logan, W. Kent Jones, Huntingdon, for petitioner.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard S. Maxwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, William R. Kinton, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Trenton, A.H. Schoonover, Ted Neumann, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Trenton, for respondent.


OPINION

HARRISON, Justice.

Petitioner was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to serve from four to ten years in the state penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. This Court granted his petition for certiorari to give further consideration to the issues, particularly to petitioner's plea of self-defense.

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