STATE v. LIPFORD


67 S.W.3d 79 (2001)

STATE of Tennessee v. Roy B. LIPFORD.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; J. Ross Dyer, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and David B. Shapiro, Assistant District Attorney General, for appellant, State of Tennessee.

Tarik B. Sugarmon, Memphis, TN, for appellee, Roy B. Lipford.


No Permission to Appeal Applied for to the Supreme Court.

OPINION

JOE G. RILEY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which NORMA McGee OGLE, J., and CORNELIA A. CLARK, Sp. J., joined.

The issues in this interlocutory appeal by the state, as we view them, are straightforward: (1) whether the Supreme Court of Tennessee has the authority by rule to prohibit a full-time municipal judge from representing a defendant or otherwise practicing law after...

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