STATE v. ADAMS


24 S.W.3d 289 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee v. John ADAMS and Rita Adams.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Brooks, Memphis, TN, for appellant John Adams; Walker Gwinn, Memphis, TN, for appellant, Rita Adams.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael C. Moore, Solicitor General; Peter Coughlan, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to decide whether a jury must unanimously agree as to the particular serious bodily injury used to support a conviction for aggravated child abuse through neglect. The trial court held that aggravated child abuse through neglect is a single, continuing course of conduct...

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