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STATE v. WALKER

12 S.W.3d 460 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Avery WALKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

February 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Colley, III, Columbia, TN, for Appellant.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth B. Marney, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, TN, T. Michael Bottoms, District Attorney General, J. Lee Bailey, III, Assistant District Attorney, Columbia, TN, for Appellee.

OPINION

BIRCH, Jr., Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The statute pertinent here provides that an officer who observes the commission of certain misdemeanors must cite and release the misdemeanant rather than effecting a custodial arrest.1 There are, however, exceptions to this statute. The exception relevant here authorizes an officer to effect a custodial arrest of a misdemeanant...

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