State v. King

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

We granted the State’s petition to appeal to consider the validity of the Court of Appeals’ interpretation of T.C.A. § 40-2903 and the propriety of the trial judge’s procedure and action in suspending defendant’s sentence.

Defendant was indicted for public drunkenness and carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to go armed. On January 17, 1979, defendant pled guilty to both offenses and was sentenced to six months in the Knox County Jail for each offense,1 the sentences to run concurrently. In rendering judgment, the trial judge ordered the sentence to begin on November…