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STATE v. VESTAL

611 S.W.2d 819 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Sammy Wayne VESTAL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Sizer, Asst. Atty. Gen., William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant.

Mark D. Slagle, Taylor & Slagle, Johnson City, for appellee.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

Sammy Wayne Vestal was convicted of having violated T.C.A. § 39-2102 by "abandoning the body of Sherry Lynn Fleenor on McQueens Knob located in Sullivan County," and was sentenced to serve 11 months and 29 days in the county jail. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and dismissed the case.

Sammy Vestal and two friends, Greg Powers and Doug Moore,1 took Sherry Lynn Fleenor...

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