Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 28, 1973PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OLIVER, Judge.
Represented by two appointed attorneys in his trial and here, defendant James Edward Collins has duly perfected an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court contesting his Gibson County Circuit Court second degree murder conviction, for which he was sentenced to not less than 10 nor more than 20 years in the penitentiary.
The first three Assignments of Error challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant and support the verdict of the jury.
Around 6:30 a.m. December 7, 1971 the defendant drove into Fay Farris’ service station in Dyer, Tennessee, and…
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