STATE v. BURNS


205 S.W.3d 412 (2006)

STATE of Tennessee. v. Clinton BURNS, III.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; John H. Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General; Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney General; and Steven Sword, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellant, State of Tennessee.

Mark E. Stephens, District Public Defender, and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Public Defender, for the Appellee, Clinton Burns, III.

Jerry P. Black, Jr., and Wade V. Davies, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


May 5, 2006 Session Heard at Chattanooga.1

OPINION

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

We accepted this appeal to determine whether a juvenile charged with being delinquent by virtue of having committed an offense which would be a felony if committed by an adult is entitled to a jury...

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