Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Minor
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 2018No. W2016-00348-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA A. CLARK, JUSTICE
We granted this appeal to clarify the interplay among appellate review preservation requirements, the plain error doctrine, and the retroactive application of new rules. We conclude that a new rule applies retroactively to cases pending on direct review when the new rule is announced but does so subject to other jurisprudential concepts, such as appellate review preservation requirements and the plain error doctrine. Accordingly, the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision in State v. Bonds , 502 S.W.3d 118 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Aug. 18,…
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