Smithson v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of passing a worthless check over the value of $100.00 in violation of T.C.A. 39-1959, and was sentenced for this offense for a period of not less than one (1) nor more than eight (8) years in the State penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was seasonably made, and, after being overruled, the case was appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which court on motion of the State transferred the case to this Court because the only question involved in the case is a constitutional question.

Charles Wayne Smithson was indicted by the Williamson County Grand…