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STATE v. BURKHART

541 S.W.2d 365 (1976)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. William Lee BURKHART, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Michael E. Terry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Ronald Webster, Dist. Atty. Gen., Ralph E. Harwell, Herbert S. Moncier, Asst. Attys. Gen., Knoxville, for petitioner.

Wade M. Boswell, Knoxville, Philip L. Whitson, Strawberry Plains, for respondent.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this criminal action in order to examine the constitutional right of a criminal defendant, who is represented by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses and to argue his own case.1

The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed defendant's conviction for first degree burglary, and awarded a new trial, upon the authority of Wilson v. State, 50 Tenn. 232 (1871) and Faretta...

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