STATE v. JEFFRIES


644 S.W.2d 432 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Bobby Lee JEFFRIES, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Ann Lacy Johns, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Edgar A. Peterson, IV, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.

A.J. Archibald (at trial), April R.W. Ferguson (on appeal), Memphis, for appellant.


OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

On the first phase of this trial July 7-13, 1981, the jury found the appellant, Bobby Lee Jeffries, guilty of selling a controlled substance, heroin, and fixed his punishment at 12 years in the penitentiary. On the second phase of the trial, the jury found him guilty of being an habitual criminal. In accordance with its verdict, the trial court sentenced Jeffries to life imprisonment.

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