State v. Welch

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The question presented in this criminal case is whether the trial judge, • prior to denying the defendants’ motions for suspended sentences, should have ordered a probation officer to make pre-sentence reports pursuant to T.C.A., § 40-2904.

On October 15, 1975, police made a raid on a Coffee County farm and arrested eight persons allegedly involved in an extensive marijuana growing and processing operation. Charges against two of those arrested were dismissed; two others, considered to be the principals, were allowed to plead guilty to a felony charge. The four…