State of Tennessee v. Perry A. March

OPINION

JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, J., joined. JOSEPH M. TIPTON, P.J., filed a concurring opinion.

I. Appellate Jurisdiction

The defendant, Perry A. March, appeals his jury-imposed, Davidson County Criminal Court theft conviction and his five-year sentence. In his appeal, the defendant claims that the convicting evidence was insufficient because of a variance between the indictment and the proof, that the trial court erred in denying his objection to the use of pattern jury instructions for theft, and that the court erred in…