State v. Wyche

OPINION

WELLES, Judge.

The State appeals an order by the trial court dismissing an indictment for flagrant nonsupport.1 The trial court found that prosecuting the Defendant for flagrant nonsupport under Tennessee law would subject him to double jeopardy because he had been previously convicted of criminal contempt in North Carolina on charges stemming from the same actions. We reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the indictment.

The facts in the record are summarized as follows. The Defendant and Patricia Wyche were married and had one son, Jonathan Daniel Wyche, who was bom on September 9,…