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LAVON v. STATE

586 S.W.2d 112 (1979)

Carl Edward LAVON, Sr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. Kemp, Bolivar, for petitioner.

John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., William Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the defendant's claim that successive prosecutions in state and federal court, predicated on the same act, violated constitutional guarantees against double jeopardy. We hold that they do not.

In December, 1976, the defendant robbed a bank in Hardeman County, Tennessee, at gunpoint. As a result, he was indicted by a federal grand jury for the robbery of a federally insured bank...

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