Collins v. State

This appeal comes from the Criminal Court of Campbell County, Tennessee. The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court; that is, plaintiff in error, Benny L. Collins, as defendant, and defendant in error as the State.

On February 23, 1966, the defendant was indicted for the crime of embezzlement. He was tried on April 12; 13, 14 and 15,1966, and found guilty as charged in the indictment. The jury fixed his punishment at not more than three years in the State Penitentiary. Judgment was en*277tered in accord with the jury’s verdict, sentencing the defendant to not less…