State v. Wallace

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a crime against nature, to-wit: sodomy per anus, T.C.A. § 39-2-612, and attempt to commit a felony, T.C.A. § 39-1-501. Punishment was set at imprisonment for not less than five nor more than seven years on the former conviction and not less than one nor more than two years on the latter conviction. The conviction of sodomy per anus was considered to trigger the habitual criminal act, T.C.A. § 40-2801, et seq. (now T.C.A. § 39-1-801, et seq.), enhancing appellant’s sentence to imprisonment for life.

There are twenty issues raised on this appeal.…