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GOINES v. STATE

572 S.W.2d 644 (1978)

Robert E. GOINES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor J. Vaughn, Public Defender, Johnson City, for petitioner.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert L. DeLaney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Patrick Widener, Martha Sherrod, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Johnson City, for respondent.

OPINION

HENRY, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari1 in this criminal action to determine whether information obtained from an undisclosed informant, standing alone, formed a sufficient basis of probable cause to justify a warrantless arrest. A secondary issue is whether petitioner waived his right to assert this error by failing to move to suppress the evidence.

Petitioner was convicted of possessing heroin, sentenced...

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