STATE v. RIGGINS


645 S.W.2d 419 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Leonard RIGGINS, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied December 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., John C. Zimmermann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, James S. Kidd, Dist. Atty. Gen., Fayetteville, Rondal T. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Shelbyville, Michael McCown, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Fayetteville, for appellee.

Van Matthews, Fayetteville, for appellant.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 30, 1982.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted in the Criminal Court for Lincoln County of second degree murder and sentenced to serve ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The first issue on this appeal questions whether defendant's constitutional rights were abridged by denial of a written transcript of previous trials, ending in mistrials, for use in preparation of his defense...

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