State v. Gourley

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

This case comes from the Criminal Court for Williamson County. Defendants entered guilty pleas to the offense of burglary of a motor vehicle. Their sentences were fixed at three (3) years in the penitentiary as Range I, standard offenders. They explicitly reserved, with the consent of the State and the court, the right to appeal a certified question of law disposi-tive of the case. Tenn.R.Crim.P. 37(b)(2)(i).

On July 30, 1982 defendants were arrested in the vicinity of Fairview, Tennessee. Thompson was driving a yellow, 1974 Ford, Maverick automobile titled to his sister,…