Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Gary Hamilton
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 2016No. E2014-01585-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 4 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
SHARON G. LEE, C.J., and JEFFREY S. BIVINS, HOLLY KIRBY, and ROGER A. PAGE, JJ., joined.
This appeal is one of two similar appeals that were consolidated for oral argument because they involve related questions of law concerning Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-15-105 (2013) (“the pretrial diversion statute”), which allows a district attorney general to suspend prosecution of a qualified defendant for a period of up to two years. See State v. Stephens, 497 S.W.3d 408, No. M2014-01270-SC-R11-CD, 2016 ;WL 4446013 (Tenn.2016). We granted review in this case to emphasize once again the…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. HooperTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. GrearTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. HammersleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. CurryTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. WashingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
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