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STATE v. FRANKLIN

714 S.W.2d 252 (1986)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Joseph Paul FRANKLIN, alias James Clayton Vaughan, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

July 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Gordon W. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant.

Jerry H. Summers, Hugh J. Moore, Jr., Chattanooga, for appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case presents an unusual issue. Defendant, Joseph Paul Franklin, although represented by counsel at every stage of his prosecution, spontaneously requested and was permitted by the trial court to make a closing statement to the jury along with the arguments of his two court-appointed attorneys.

Defendant was indicted on March 7, 1984, by the Hamilton County Grand Jury on charges of malicious injury to structures with...

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