Gossett v. State

455 S.W.2d 585 (1970)

Estell GOSSETT and Winford (Bobby) Johnson, Plaintiff in Error, Respondent,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 22, 1970.

George F. McCanless, Attorney General, Paul E. Jennings, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, and Harry C. Templeton, District Attorney General, Winchester, for petitioner.

O.W. McKenzie, Dayton, for respondent.

OPINION

BOZEMAN, Special Justice.

In a three-count indictment Gossett and Johnson were charged with third degree burglary, grand larceny and receiving and concealing stolen property with a value of…