Briggs v. State
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
463 S.W.2d 161 (1970)
- Written by Sarah Holley, JD
Facts
James Dally Briggs (defendant) was an employee of the City of Memphis tasked with collecting change from parking meters and coin boxes in a designated area of the city. When the City of Memphis suspected a shortage, an investigation ensued. Police officers unlocked all the parking meters and coin boxes in Briggs’s designated area and counted the change before his shift began. When Briggs failed to turn in all the change that had been found by the officers, Briggs was arrested. Briggs admitted to the police that he had been doing this for a long time and used the change for his own purposes, spending some of it on slot machines. Briggs was convicted of embezzlement, and he appealed, arguing there was no evidence to support his conviction.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Hyder, J.)
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