State v. Lynn

924 S.W.2d 892 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee,

v.

Clark LYNN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

June 10, 1996.

Robert S. Peters, Swafford, Peters & Priest, Winchester, for Appellant.

Charles W. Burson, State Attorney General and Darian B. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for Appellee.

OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

In this case we must determine what effect a total failure to follow statutory jury selection procedures has on a criminal jury trial. Under the circumstances here, we conclude that the failure to comply with those important procedures was prejudicial to the…