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STATE v. SAWYER

156 S.W.3d 531 (2005)

STATE of Tennessee v. Charles SAWYER.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

February 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Elizabeth T. Ryan, Senior Counsel; Mike McCowen, District Attorney General; and Weakley E. Barnard, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

F. Shayne Brasfield, Franklin, Tennessee, and Michael Eugene Gilmer, Columbia, Tennessee, for the appellee, Charles Sawyer.

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., and ALLEN W. WALLACE, Sp.J. joined.

The defendant, Charles Sawyer, was arrested by the police for aggravated sexual battery. Following his arrest, Sawyer made an oral statement to the police after an officer read to Sawyer an affidavit supporting the arrest warrant but before the officer advised Sawyer...

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