State v. John D. Brown

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE August 22, 2000 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOHN D. BROWN Appeal from the Criminal Court for McMinn County No. 95-095 R. Steven Bebb, Judge No. E1999-02217-CCA-R3-CD December 18, 2000 JOSEPH M. TIPTON, J., concurring and dissenting. I concur in the result reached and most of the reasoning in the majority opinion. I respectfully disagree, though, with its view of the state’s requirement under

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-201(a)(4) to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the offenses were committed before the return of the formal charge. I…