STATE v. SHELTON


649 S.W.2d 24 (1983)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. William D. SHELTON, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., J. Andrew Hoyal, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. William Pope, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Pikeville, for appellee.

John Ben Pectol, Dayton, for appellant.


OPINION

O'BRIEN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of vehicular homicide in the Criminal Court of Rhea County and sentenced to serve ten (10) years in the penitentiary.

He was charged with the death of Norma Carol Jones which occurred on April 22, 1979 at approximately 08:30 p.m., on Toe String Road in rural Rhea County. The victim's husband, Russell B. Jones, was driving his vehicle in a southerly direction when defendant, driving northwardly, passed...

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