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STATE v. SCALES

767 S.W.2d 157 (1989)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Wendell SCALES, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte D. Watkins, Nashville, for defendant/appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Albert L. Partee, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Hamm, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State of Tenn./appellant.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The Appellants, State of Tennessee, and Wendell Scales, have each filed Applications for Permission to Appeal pursuant to Rule 11, Tenn.R.App.P.

The State of Tennessee presents the following issue for review: "Did the Court of Criminal Appeals correctly construe the words `criminal case' in Rule 4(a), Tenn.R. App.P. to include appeals in post-conviction cases?" The State contends that defendant's appeal to the Court of Criminal...

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