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STATE v. KING

40 S.W.3d 442 (2001)

STATE of Tennessee v. Debiasi Sirnard KING and Dewayne King.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General; Michael J. Fahey, II, Assistant Attorney General; William H. Cox, III, District Attorney General; and C. Leland Davis and Yolanda Mitchell, Assistant District Attorneys General, for appellant, State of Tennessee.

John Allen Brooks, Chattanooga, TN, for appellee, Debiasi Sirnard King.

Lisa M. Mack, Chattanooga, TN, for appellee, Dewayne D. King.

OPINION

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

We granted review to determine whether the trial court committed reversible error by conducting trial proceedings in violation of a common law rule that prohibits judicial functions on Sunday. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the defendants' convictions for second-degree murder and remanded...

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