STATE v. WATTS


649 S.W.2d 4 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Wendall Gene WATTS, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied January 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Andrew Hoyal, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Jim T. Hamilton, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Columbia, for appellee.

Thomas W. Hardin (on appeal), M.A. Peebles (at trial), Columbia, for appellant.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 31, 1983.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The defendant, Wendell Gene Watts, was found guilty of aggravated rape in what was essentially an incest case. The jury sentenced him to 99 years in the state penitentiary. On appeal Watts challenges (1) the admissibility of a statement he gave in the presence of an assistant district attorney during pretrial interrogation, (2) the correctness of the trial court...

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