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STATE v. BROWN

737 S.W.2d 301 (1987)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Melvin BROWN, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Lacy Johns, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norma Crippen Ballard, Asst. Atty. Gen., John W. Overton, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Walker Gwinn, Memphis, for appellant.

OPINION

BIRCH, Judge.

The defendant, Melvin Brown, was convicted by jury in two cases, tried separately, of passing worthless checks over $100. The trial judge sentenced him as a persistent offender, Range II, to eight and one-half (8 1/2) years imprisonment in each case, with the sentence in the second consecutive to the first. In both cases, he raises two issues:

1. The sufficiency of the evidence 2. The length of the sentences...

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