SAMPLE v. STATE


82 S.W.3d 267 (2002)

Michael Eugene SAMPLE, et al. v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Eldridge, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Harry R. Reinhart, Columbus, Ohio, for the appellant, Michael Eugene Sample.

Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Jennifer L. Smith and Erik W. Daab, Assistant Attorneys General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Reginald Henderson and John W. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

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