STATE v. ANTHONY


817 S.W.2d 299 (1991)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Dennis D. ANTHONY, Appellee. STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. James Marvin MARTIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Kathy M. Principe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellen H. Pollack, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant.

Mark E. Stephens, Knoxville, for appellee Anthony.

Leonie Kilpatrick Cohen, Knoxville, for appellee Martin.


OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

We have before us two criminal cases in which the defendants were convicted of both armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping, in each instance growing out of a single criminal episode. Because the cases involve similar facts, raise similar issues, and were decided on the same basis by the intermediate appellate court, they can be resolved in a single opinion.

On a superficial level, the question presented is whether the...

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