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STATE v. LONGSTREET

619 S.W.2d 97 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sam LONGSTREET, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Grunow, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hughie Ragan, George Googe, Jackson, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The defendant, Sam Longstreet, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals, holding that the trial court improperly admitted into evidence a rifle found in the defendant's car, reversed the conviction and dismissed. The State applied for permission to appeal to this Court, contending that the search of the defendant's automobile was constitutionally...

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