State v. Yates

This is an appeal by the State of Tennessee from an order of the Trial Judge dismissing a presentment against Bobby Joe Yates, which presentment charged Yates, “on 22 February 1965 unlawfully did drive an automobile on the public highway or road while his Tennessee Motor Vehicle Operator’s license was revoked * * *. ” This presentment under T.C.A. sec. 59-716 is a misdemeanor.

The pertinent part of the order dismissing the presentment is as follows:

Came the State of Tennessee by and through James P. Watkins, its District Attorney General and offered proof that the offense, alleged to have been…