State v. Pendergrass

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The threshold issue in this appeal is whether the defendant, Sheryl L. Pender-grass, in pleading guilty to a drug charge, explicitly reserved the right to appeal a certified question of law that was dispositive of the case, in accordance with the requirements of Tenn. R.Crim. P. 37(b)(2)(iv) as it was interpreted by this Court in State v. Preston, 759 S.W.2d 647 (Tenn.1988).

The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the defendant had substantially complied with Rule 37 to reserve for appeal a certified question of law, but affirmed the trial court’s judgment on the…