Legal Opinion
State v. Taylor
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2002PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ, joined.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether Article I, Section 16 of the Tennessee Constitution or the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution is violated by Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-50-504(a)(2), a statute which provides a minimum fine, for second offense driving on a revoked license, but which fails to provide a maximum fine for the offense. We conclude that the statute is not facially unconstitutional under either…
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