STATE v. HODGE


695 S.W.2d 544 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Leonard HODGE, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Permission to Appeal Denied July 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, State Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Gordon W. Smith, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, David G. Ballard, Dist. Atty. Gen., Steven R. Hawkins, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Maryville, for appellant.

Martha J. Meares, W. Brownlow Marsh, Meares & Associates, Maryville, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court July 15, 1985.

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The trial court sua sponte dismissed an indictment because of the conduct of the state's attorneys and the defense attorneys in the case involving the grand jury. The state appeals from this order.

The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.

On October 1, 1984, the grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant...

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