STATE v. MERRIWEATHER


625 S.W.2d 256 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Esther MERRIWEATHER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Fink, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.

Jennifer Helton Small, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.


OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

The single issue presented on this appeal is the sufficiency of jury instructions concerning the statutory "presumption" permitted by T.C.A. § 39-1960 in prosecutions under the bad check law. See T.C.A. § 39-1959.

Appellant was indicted for issuing such a check to obtain merchandise at a grocery store. The jury convicted her of attempt to commit a felony, T.C.A. § 39-603, a lesser included offense...

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