Ferguson v. State

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

OPINION

Billy Gene Ferguson was convicted of third degree burglary of the Wrangler Grill in Knoxville and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. From his conviction he appeals in error, first challenging the weight and sufficiency of the evidence.

The state’s evidence showed that in the early morning of November 27, 1972, Officers Baldwin and Lakin of the Knoxville Police Department stopped to investigate a white pickup truck at the intersection of Weisgarber Road and Kingston Pike when their attention was attracted to two men coming from beneath a railroad…