Woodson v. State

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The appellant-petitioner, George Bennie Woodson, is a former Clarksville detective who was convicted in 1977 of offering to accept a bribe to fix a case then under investigation by the Clarksville Police Department. Woodson was sentenced to two to three years imprisonment, and following unsuccessful efforts to overturn his conviction on appeal, he petitioned the trial court to suspend his sentence and place him on probation.

The trial court denied a suspended sentence and Woodson appeals, claiming (1) that the trial judge had personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary…