State v. Lee

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Thomas D. Lee, was indicted by the Hamilton County grand jury for solicitation to commit murder in the first degree of Joseph Fine. The petit jury found him guilty of that offense and fixed his punishment at not less than three nor more than six years’ imprisonment. On the motion for a new trial, the court modified the sentence to not less than three nor more than three years’ imprisonment in the county workhouse. Denied a suspended sentence, Lee appeals from his conviction and also that denial.

In the appellant’s first issue presented for review,…