STATE v. WEBB


625 S.W.2d 259 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ricky Lee WEBB, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.H. Schoonover and Clayburn Peeples, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Trenton, Charles L. Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

Fred Collins, Benjamin M. Huey, II, Milan, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction of appellee in the present case because of the admission into evidence of incriminating statements which he made in the presence of an undercover agent while being held in jail after arrest. The trial court excluded statements made by appellee directly to the agent but permitted the agent to testify concerning statements made by appellee to his nephew, who was also placed...

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