STATE v. STAGGS


626 S.W.2d 282 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Frank STAGGS, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

October 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Jeffrey Barnett, Waynesboro, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., State Atty. Gen., John C. Zimmermann, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, Robert H. Gay, Dist. Atty. Gen., James Guy White, II, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Lawrenceburg, for appellee.


OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve not less than four (4) years nor more than ten (10) years.

The defendant says the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict because it did not show the death was the result of a criminal agency and because there was no corroboration of alleged admissions made by the defendant, which were introduced into evidence. The defendant also says the trial...

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