Leek v. State

392 S.W.2d 456 (1965)

Edwin LEEK, Plaintiff in Error,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 7, 1965.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1965.

Ray W. Churchill, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.

WHITE, Justice.

The plaintiff in error was convicted for the offense of criminal abortion and sentenced to serve not more than four years in the State Penitentiary.

In his appeal to this Court he has made twenty assignments of error, the controlling assignments, in our opinion, being…