Morrisson v. State

Mb. Chibe Justice BuRuett

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiffs in error are Joe Morrison, Kyle Culbertson and Bobby E. Bradley. These three men were jointly indicted on a charge of rape and were tried together in the Criminal Court for the First Judicial Circuit in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee. Defendant Morrison was found guilty as charged and the jury fixed a sentence of ninety-nine (99) years in the State penitentiary. Bradley and Culbertson were convicted by this same jury of aiding and abetting said Morrison to commit the offense of rape. They were each sentenced to…