STATE v. BELL


69 S.W.3d 171 (2002)

STATE of Tennessee v. Johnnie BELL, Jr.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Todd East, Kingsport, for the appellant.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Patricia C. Kussmann, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for the Appellee.

H. Greeley Wells, Jr., District Attorney General, J. Lewis Combs, Assistant District Attorney General, Blountville, for the Appellee.


OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine the following issues: (1) whether the district attorney general abused his discretion by failing to consider and weigh evidence favorable to the defendant before denying the defendant's request for pretrial...

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