STATE v. SMITH


695 S.W.2d 527 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Leonard Donald SMITH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne E. Uhl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Nashville, of counsel.

Conrad Finnell, Cleveland, for appellee.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was indicted and went to trial on the charge of murder in the first degree. The trial judge granted defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal on the principal offense of murder in the first degree, but submitted the case to the jury on the lesser included offenses of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. The jury found defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

Defendant filed a motion for a new...

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