State v. Hoosier

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The defendant, Herman Douglas Hoosier, was convicted of armed robbery with punishment fixed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of 25 years. On this appeal, he says that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, that he was denied a speedy trial, that the trial judge erred in instructing the jury, that the selection of the grand jury and its foreman was racially discriminatory, that the Tennessee system of appointing counsel for indigents is unconstitutional, and that due to a mental defect, he was deprived of a fair trial. We find no merit in…