State v. Black

524 S.W.2d 913 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner,

v.

John Edward BLACK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 16, 1975.

John B. Hagler, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., R.A. Ashley, Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

J. Fred Friedman, Memphis, for respondent.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Respondent John Edward Black was convicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee of robbery by the use of a deadly weapon and of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction for robbery, but the majority of that Court reversed the…