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JOHNSON v. STATE

598 S.W.2d 803 (1979)

Robert Lee JOHNSON, Melvin Lee Taylor, Louis Douglas Johnson, and Eddie Lee Pallor, Appellants, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Fink, Memphis, for appellants Robert Lee Johnson and Louis Douglas Johnson.

Tim J. Thompson, Memphis, for appellant Melvin Lee Taylor.

Charles E. Baucum, Charles Wright, Memphis, for appellant Eddie Lee Pallor.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jennifer Helton Small, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Dan L. Newsom, P. Ray Baker, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 10, 1980.

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

OPINION

Three of the defendants, Eddie Lee Pallor, Robert Lee Johnson, and Louis Douglas Johnson, were convicted of raping a young Memphis prostitute and received thirty year sentences; the fourth, Melvin Lee Taylor, was convicted as an aider and abettor and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. At trial the thrust of their defense was consent, or alternatively that...

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