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STATE v. HOLMES

No. W2008-00759-SC-R11-CD

302 S.W.3d 831 (2010)

STATE of Tennessee v. Tommy HOLMES.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

January 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claiborne H. Ferguson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tommy Holmes.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; John H. Bledsoe, Senior Counsel; David H. Findley, Senior Counsel; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Amy Weirich, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, the State of Tennessee.

OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We granted permission to appeal in this case to address whether the trial court erred in ruling that an indigent defendant forfeited his right to counsel at trial by telling his appointed lawyer, "I know how to get rid of you," and, at a subsequent meeting, physically assaulting his lawyer...

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