STATE v. TAYLOR


70 S.W.3d 717 (2002)

STATE of Tennessee v. Alvin Ray TAYLOR.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael Moore, Solicitor General; Elizabeth T. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General; Charles Michael Layne, District Attorney General; Stephen E. Weitzman, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Gregory M. O'Neal, Winchester, Tennessee, for the appellee, Alvin Ray Taylor.


OPINION

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

The sole issue in this appeal is whether Article I, Section 16 of the Tennessee Constitution or the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution is violated by Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-50-504(a)(2), a statute which provides a minimum fine, for second offense driving on a revoked...

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