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STATE v. BURROUGHS

926 S.W.2d 243 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Derron BURROUGHS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Stephens, District Public Defender, R. Scott Carpenter, Assistant Public Defender, Knoxville, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter, Darian B. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney General, Tony Stansberry, Assistant District Attorney General, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Knoxville, for appellee.

OPINION

BIRCH, Chief Justice.

We accepted this case in order to discuss the criteria for determining when the action of a private individual in conducting a warrantless search of a dormitory room qualifies the individual as a "state agent" and the conduct as state action.1 In this case, we have concluded that the individual was not a state agent.

The record indicates that the defendant, Derron Burroughs, was a...

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