Bishop v. State

287 S.W.2d 49 (1956)

Robert J. BISHOP

v.

STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 3, 1956.

John C. Robertson, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, defendant in error.

PREWITT, Justice.

The defendant below, Robert J. Bishop, was convicted of larceny and sentenced to three years in the State Prison.

It is insisted that the trial court committed reversible error in failing and refusing to instruct the jury with reference to the law of circumstantial evidence. It is conceded that all evidence offered by the State was circumstantial in its nature,…