Keith v. State

403 S.W.2d 758 (1966)

Paul KEITH, Plaintiff in Error,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 22, 1966.

Lance B. Bracy and W. P. Bryant, Jr., Springfield, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, and James M. Potter, Dist. Atty. Gen., Springfield, prosecuted the case in the trial court, for defendant in error.

OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

Paul Keith was indicted March 26, 1964, for the first degree murder, on January 11, 1964, of James Osborne. On the first trial of the case, on June 23, 1964, the jury…