State v. Cook

816 S.W.2d 322 (1991)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee,

v.

Benedict Joseph COOK, III, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 5, 1991.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1991.

Order on Motion November 12, 1991.

David E. High, Nashville, for defendant-appellant.

John E. Herbison, Paul J. Morrow, Jr., Nashville, for amicus curiae.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Donna J. Hixon Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Cooper, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., for State-appellee.

OPINION

WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, Special Justice.

HISTORY OF THE CASE

Benedict Joseph Cook, III, was convicted of three…