Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Jimmy Dale Qualls
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 2016No. W2013-01440-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
in which SHARON G. LEE, C.J., and JEFFREY S. BIVINS and HOLLY KIRBY, JJ., joined.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the election of offenses doctrine, articulated in Burlison v. State, 501 S.W.2d 801 (Tenn.1973), and reaffirmed in State v. Shelton, 851 S.W.2d 134 (Tenn.1993), requires the prosecution to identify a single incident of sexual'battery in cases, such as this one, where the child victim testifies to repeated incidents of sexual contact occurring over a substantial period of time but does not furnish any specific details, dates, or distinguishing characteristics…
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