State v. Henderson

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of robbery, kidnapping with intent to rob and criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, as a result of a criminal episode of several hours duration. We granted his petition for a T.R.A.P. 11 appeal limited to two issues. The first issue is whether the two robbery counts should be merged into one offense under State v. Black, 524 S.W.2d 913 (Tenn.1975) and the second issue is whether the kidnapping with intent to commit robbery should be reduced to simple kidnapping, because of the alleged absence of intent to commit robbery.

The…