State v. Leslie Brian Willis

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

AT NASHVILLE FILED STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) July 15, 1999 ) No. 01C01-9802-CC-00068 Appellee, ) Cecil W. Crowson ) Robertson County, No. 97-0381 below Appellate Court Clerk v. ) ) (First Degree Murder) LESLIE BRIAN WILLIS, ) ) REVERSED AND REMANDED Appellant. )

JUDGMENT

Came the defendant, Leslie Brian Willis, by counsel, and the state,

by the Attorney General, and this cause was heard on the record on appeal from

the Criminal Court of Robertson County; and upon consideration thereof, this

court is of the opinion that there is reversible error in the judgment of the trial

court.

It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the trial

court is reversed and the case is remanded to the Criminal Court of Robertson

County for a new trial on the charge of murder in the second degree and such

further proceedings as are consistent with the court’s opinion.

The costs of the appeal are taxed to the State of Tennessee.

James Curwood W itt, Jr., Judge

David H. Welles, Judge

John H. Peay, Judge (Not Participating)