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STATE v. DENTON

938 S.W.2d 373 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. John Michael DENTON, Appellant. William Douglas BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Henderson, District Public Defender, Franklin, for appellants Denton and Brown.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Nashville, Joseph D. Baugh, Jr., District Attorney General, Eric L. Davis, Asst. District Attorney General, Franklin, for Appellee.

OPINION

BIRCH, Chief Justice.

We granted review and consolidated these cases in order to consider the circumstances under which imposition of two convictions resulting from a "single" criminal act may violate the double jeopardy and due process clauses of the state and federal constitutions in light of State v. Anthony, 817 S.W.2d 299 (Tenn. 1991).

William Douglas Brown was convicted of first-degree...

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