STATE v. MALLARD


40 S.W.3d 473 (2001)

STATE of Tennessee v. Robert L. MALLARD.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Melton, District Public Defender; Brion J. Payne, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant, Robert L. Mallard.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; J. Ross Dyer, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for the 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.

In this appeal, we address whether Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-424 (1997) requires admission into evidence of a defendant's prior convictions relating to controlled substances, even when Tennessee Rule of Evidence 404(b) would otherwise render such evidence inadmissible...

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