State v. Neeley

OPINION

The issue presented on appeal is whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in reversing the trial court’s denial of defendant’s petition for suspension of sentence and probation.

The defendant was indicted for receiving and concealing stolen property having a value of over two hundred dollars. He was permitted to plead guilty to concealing stolen property having a value of less than two hundred dollars, and was sentenced to serve not less than two or more than three years in the penitentiary.

The charge against the defendant arose when a state trooper stopped defendant near Kingsport,…