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STATE v. HILL

954 S.W.2d 725 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Roger Dale HILL, Sr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shara Ann Flacy, District Public Defender, William C. Bright, Assistant Public Defender, Pulaski, for Appellee.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Kathy Morante, Deputy Attorneys General, Nashville, T. Michael Bottoms, District Attorney General, Richard H. Dunavant, Assistant District Attorney General, Pulaski, for Appellant.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

We accepted the State's application for review in this cause in order to determine the validity of an indictment which charged aggravated rape.1 The Court of Criminal Appeals held the indictment void and the subsequent conviction invalid because the language of the indictment failed to allege a culpable mental state.2

This issue arises because the Sentencing...

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