STATE v. MEYER


994 S.W.2d 129 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. J.C. MEYER, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Corn, District Public Defender, Cleveland, for appellant.

Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth B. Marney, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Jerry N. Estes, District Attorney General, Richard Newman, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether erroneous instructions read to the jury amounted to harmless error. The trial court correctly instructed the jury that if the Defendant were convicted of rape of a child, his sentence would range from twenty-five to forty years for each count. However, the trial court erroneously instructed the jury that a person convicted of rape of a child would have to serve 5.73 years before his or her earliest...

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