Legal Opinion
State v. Pickett
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 22, 2007No. M2004-00732-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., SP. J., joined.
We granted the appeal in each of these cases to determine the constitutionality of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-1003 (2003), which prohibits the possession of child pornography. Initially, the statute is neither unconstitutionally vague nor overbroad. Secondly, we hold that because the charges against Pickett were multiplicitous, only one conviction is permissible under the circumstances of that case. In consequence, the judgment of the Court of Criminal…
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