Legal Opinion
State v. Whitehead
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 26, 2000PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · WadeWade, P.J.
in which TIPTON and OGLE, JJ., joined.
The defendant, Bill Whitehead, was charged by presentment with thirteen counts of felonious conflict of interest in violation of Tenn.Code Ann. § 5-14-114, the conflict of interest provision contained in the County Purchasing Law of 1957. Through various motions to dismiss, the defendant challenged the constitutionality of the statute, asserting that the statute violates state and federal principles of equal protection, challenging the statute as void for vagueness, and contending that the County Purchasing Law of 1957 constitutes an inappropriate…
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