Legal Opinion
Quillen v. Crockett
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 30, 1995PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUMMERS, Judge.
TMs case was transferred from the Court of Appeals, Middle Grand Division, to this Court pursuant to T.R.A.P. 17. Quillen v. Crockett, CA No. 01-A-01-9412-CV-00562, 1995 WL 273666 (Tenn.Ct.App. May 10, 1995). We must decide how much authority a district attorney general pro tem has in making the charging decision m a case in wMch he has been appointed to prosecute pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-7-106(b) (1993). We hold that the district attorney general pro tern’s power in an appointed case is equivalent to the regular district attorney general’s power. His or her…
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