State v. Joyner

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The defendant, Rita G. Joyner, was charged in a one-count indictment with violation of the 1983 Computer Crimes Act, TCA §§ 39-3-1401 et seq. She was convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve one year in the local workhouse, to be followed by a probation period of five years. She appeals, claiming (1) that the trial judge should have entered a judgment of acquittal because the indictment was “overly broad and too vague to allow the defendant and defense counsel to defend the charge brought against her,” and because the statute itself is “unconstitutionally overbroad…