Mullendore v. State

Mb. Justiob Gailob.

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the Criminal Court of Hamblen County, the defendant, Charles Mullendore, who appeals, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to' life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

There is little controversy about the material and essential facts of the crime as the defendant did not take the stand, and the account of the actual homicide comes from the testimony of a single eyewitness and co-defendant, James Burnett, Jr., who was jointly tried and convicted as an accessory, trat who has not appealed.

Defendant was employed at a…