State v. Markham

OPINION

REID, Judge.

This case presents a Rule 9, T.R.A.P., appeal by the State from the judgment of the criminal court finding that the action of the district attorney general denying Ap-pellees’ applications for pretrial diversion constituted abuse of discretion.

The record supports the judgment of the trial court.

Appellees, J.W. Markham, Steve Markham and Ray Holt, were charged on a two-count indictment with conspiring to defraud the State of Tennessee with regard to contracts for the construction of two highway bridges. The indictment alleges that J.W. Markham and Steve Markham, principals…