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STATE v. CHASTAIN

871 S.W.2d 661 (1994)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel J. CHASTAIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin W. Shepherd, Asst. Public Defender, Maryville, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Amy L. Tarkington, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this direct appeal, the defendant first insists that the State, through the state attorney general or district attorney general, has no authority to challenge the constitutionality of a state statute. Second, the defendant contends that after just such a challenge, the trial court erred in holding unconstitutional Section 2 of Public Chapter 355 of the Acts of 1991, as...

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