Delk v. State

590 S.W.2d 435 (1979)

Sam DELK, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 9, 1979.

Petition to Rehear Denied December 3, 1979.

Jerry C. Colley, Columbia, Philip M. Carden, Nashville, for petitioner.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Willaim O. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Elmer Davies, Dist. Atty. Gen., Franklin, Douglas T. Bates, III, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Centerville, for respondent.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant was convicted, on circumstantial evidence, of murder in the second degree and sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary. The Court of…