STATE v. GOAD


549 S.W.2d 377 (1977)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. William GOAD, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brooks McLemore, Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

Thomas W. Hardin, Columbia, for respondent.


OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

Respondent William Goad, Jr., was convicted in the Criminal Court of Maury County, and was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded, holding that the arrest of respondent was illegal and that the trial judge had committed reversible error in failing to suppress evidence "flowing from the unlawful arrest."

This court granted a petition for certiorari filed...

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