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STATE v. GANT

537 S.W.2d 711 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. John Henry GANT, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied March 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., W. Henry Haile, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas H. Shriver, Dist. Atty. Gen., C. Douglas Thoresen, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

Horace E. Johns, Jr., Eagleville, for respondent.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court March 8, 1976.

MITCHELL, Judge.

OPINION

John Henry Gant was serving a sentence in the State Penitentiary at Nashville. Agents of the Tennessee Department of Corrections searched Gant's cell without a search warrant and found in his possession an illegal controlled substance described as dope or narcotics. Gant was indicted and brought to trial.

On or about November 30, 1973, the trial judge of Division Two...

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