State of Tennessee v. Stephen McKim

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON November 14, 2006 Session Heard in Memphis1 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STEPHEN McKIM Extraordinary Appeal from the Shelby County Criminal Court No. 04-07227 Joseph B. Dailey, Judge No. W2005-02685-SC-S10-CD - Filed on January 29, 2007 We accepted this extraordinary appeal in order to (1) determine the effect of a district attorney general’s consideration of an irrelevant factor in deciding whether to grant pretrial diversion and (2) clarify when an interlocutory appeal from a denial of pretrial diversion should be granted. In this case, the defendant…