Bryant v. State

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The issues in this case turn on the interpretation of T.C.A. 27-111, which empowers appellate courts to order the late filing of bills of exceptions in criminal cases.

Petitioner, Geraldine Bryant, was convicted on January 30, 1973, of second degree murder in the death of her husband, and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The order overruling petitioner’s motion for new trial was entered on May 23,1973, with the trial judge allowing petitioner ninety days in which to file the bill of exceptions. On the day before the expiration of the ninety day period, the trial…