State v. Marshall

OPINION

in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

Three tenants of the Gallatin Housing Authority were indicted under the theft of services statute, Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-14-104, for failing to report to the housing authority earnings that would have increased their rent. On the tenants’ motion, the trial court dismissed the indictments, and the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the dismissal. Applying the canon of statutory construction ejusdem gen-eris, we hold that the definition of services in section 39 — 11—106(a) (35) does not include…