A general verdict of guilty will be sustained if there is any one (1) good count in the indictment sustained by proof, although the other counts may be fatally defective.
Code 1858, § 5217; Shan., § 7190; Code 1932, § 11753; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2519.
Compiler's Notes. Many of the cases listed below were decided prior to the Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 17.22, 31.32.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 24 Tenn. Juris., Verdict, § 4.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Criminal Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 319.