Legal Opinion
State v. Hannah
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 2008No. E2005-02833-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 12 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, C.J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined.
We granted the State’s application for permission to appeal in order to construe Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-8-154(a) (2004), the impeding traffic statute. The trial court held that the driver of a slow-moving vehicle does not impede traffic, unless other traffic is made to come to a stop. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. Upon review, we hold that the trial court based its decision on an erroneous interpretation of the statute. Therefore, we reverse the trial court and…
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