Momon v. State

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE FILED NAPOLEON MOMON, ) November 15, 1999 ) Appellant, ) Cecil Crowson, Jr. ) Appellate Court Clerk v. ) No. E1996-00007-SC-R11-PC ) STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) ) Appellee. ) CONCURRING / DISSENTING OPINION I concur with the conclusion of the Court that the right to testify is fundamental, and I agree with the procedural protections that the Court now requires to ensure a valid waiver of that right. However, because I am unable to reconcile the majority’s characterization of the right to testify as being fundamental and personal to the defendant with…