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STATE v. CORRELL

626 S.W.2d 699 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Bill CORRELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Douglas Morrison & Thomas H. Dickenson, Morrison, Morrison & Morrow, P.A., Knoxville, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The only issue on this direct appeal in a criminal case is whether excluding convictions for selling schedule I or II controlled substances from eligibility for suspended sentences violates the equal protection clauses of the State or Federal Constitutions.

Appellant received a sentence of not less than four years nor more than seven years for selling cocaine in violation of T.C.A. § 52-1432(a)(1)(B). The trial judge...

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