State v. Goodman

OPINION

SCOTT, Judge.

Indicted for murder in the first degree, the jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced him to twenty-five years in the state penitentiary. Much aggrieved by the verdict, the appellant has presented seven issues on appeal, some of which have subissues.

In the first issue the appellant contends that the trial judge improperly allowed amendment of the indictment. The original indictment in this case charged the appellant as follows:

The Grand Jurors for the State of Tennessee, duly elected, impaneled, sworn and charged to inquire in and for…