Armstrong v. State

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Harry Armstrong, was convicted by a Davidson County Criminal Court jury of selling heroin, a Schedule I drug under the Tennessee Drug Control Act, T.C.A. § 52-1413(b)(10). He was sentenced to serve not less than ten nor more than fifteen years in the penitentiary and fined $18,000.00. Without challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain this conviction, Armstrong raises several assignments of error regarding procedural aspects of his trial. For the reasons set out below, we find that at least two of the alleged errors have adversely…