STATE v. JOHNSON


574 S.W.2d 739 (1978)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Terry Allen JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Grunow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville; Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner.

J. Mike Mosier, W. Anthony Helm, Henderson, for respondent.

Jerry P. Black, Jr., George Wm. Jenkins, III, University of Tenn. Legal Clinic, Knoxville, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether a juvenile, in appealing to the circuit court from a finding of delinquency pursuant to T.C.A. § 37-258(a), must exercise a demand for a jury trial pursuant to Rule 38 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court of Appeals held that this was not necessary and that the juvenile was entitled to a jury trial without demand under civil procedural rules.

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