STATE v. PARRIS


236 S.W.3d 173 (2007)

STATE of Tennessee v. Jerral D. PARRIS.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick G. Frogge (on appeal), Nashville, Tennessee, and Charles P. Dupree (at trial), Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Jerral D. Parris.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Elizabeth B. Marney, Assistant Attorney General; Dale Potter, District Attorney General; Thomas J. Miner, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAVID H. WELLES and THOMAS T. WOODALL, JJ., joined.

The Defendant, Jerral D. Parris, was indicted on two counts of extortion. A Warren County jury convicted the Defendant of two counts of attempted extortion. On appeal, the Defendant alleges the following: (1) attempted extortion is not a crime in Tennessee; (2) there was insufficient evidence to convict the Defendant of attempted...

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