State v. Kennamore

604 S.W.2d 856 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Larry Lynn KENNAMORE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 8, 1980.

Jennifer Helton Small, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, Jon Kerry Blackwood, Asst. Dist. Atty., Somerville, Terry Abernathy, Sp. Prosecutor, Selmer, of counsel.

William S. Nunnally, Greeneville, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Jimmy Cardwell on November 17, 1977. As the case comes to this…