State v. Poplar

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is a Rule 9 (Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure) appeal from a judgment of the Criminal Court that affirmed the refusal of the District Attorney General to allow pre-trial diversion.

The District Attorney General filed a written assignment of his reasons for declining to enter into memoranda of understanding or to divert prosecution of the defendants. He admits that neither defendant has previous criminal convictions but states, in substance, that the defendants have not shown any overriding reasons as to why they should receive preferred treatment. He states that…