Gammon v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

In two cases tried together, the jury found the defendant guilty of first degree murder of Joan Seiner and of Harriet Nicholson. In each case it fixed his punishment at 99 years in the penitentiary. From consecutive sentences, the defendant appeals in error.

On the morning of January 13, 1972, the bodies of Joan Seiner and Harriet Nicholson were found in a field and ditch near the Nashville airport. Joan had been stabbed about 32 times and bled to death. Her pantyhose had been tied around a leg and a cord was about her arm.

Harriet Nicholson had apparently been…