OPINION
ANDERSON, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DROWOTA, BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.
We granted this appeal to determine whether the prosecution's failure to elect the particular offense of aggravated rape upon which it sought to convict the defendant constituted plain error and required a new trial. The main purpose of the election requirement is to preserve a defendant's right to a unanimous jury verdict under the Tennessee...
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