STATE v. JACKSON


503 S.W.2d 185 (1973)

STATE of Tennessee v. Frank JACKSON and Thomas Avery.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., William C. Koch, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant.

Maynard E. Pirsig, Minneapolis, Minn., for amicus curiae.

Barney J. Reeves, Kingsport, Russell J. Overby and Walter C. Kurtz, Nashville, for appellees.

Wendy W. Schiller, St. Louis, Mo., for amicus curiae.


OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

Since this is a civil case in which the sole determinative question is the constitutionality of a statute, the appeal from the Circuit Court is to the Supreme Court. Section 16-408, T.C.A. The challenge is to that part of Section 37-258, T.C.A., which allows an appeal by the State or subdivision of the State from a juvenile court's disposition of a child.

The Section challenged is part of the juvenile courts statute enacted...

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