State v. Vaughn

OPINION

JERRY L. SMITH, Judge.

The appellants, Gary M. Vaughn, Harry D. Stewart, Jo Ann Scarbrough, Kenneth L. Reagan, William M. Ransom, Julie C. Hileman, Harold H. Hileman, Geoffrey Mark Greely, Roy Howard Elkins, Kenneth D. Dyer, Larry K. Dunn and Robert J. Cunningham were convicted by a Putnam County jury of violation of Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-9-302, the “motorcycle helmet law.” Each appellant received a fíne of $5 as his or her sentence. On appeal, appellants claim that Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-9-302 is unconstitutional as it (1) interferes with their constitutionally protected privacy right, and…