Legal Opinion
State v. Brooks
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1970Published
1Opinion of the Court
462 S.W.2d 491 (1970)
STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner,
v.
Richard A. BROOKS and Dennis Stephen Duncan, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
October 5, 1970.
David M. Pack, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Everett H. Falk, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, and Noel R. Bagwell, Dist. Atty. Gen., Clarksville, for petitioner.
Brandon Ingham, Clarksville, for Brooks.
Rodger A. Bowman, Clarksville, for Duncan.
OPINION
HUMPHREYS, Justice.
Defendants were jointly indicted, and convicted, of armed robbery, and given ten year sentences. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed, holding that the trial judge should have…
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