GRIFFIN v. STATE


182 S.W.3d 795 (2006)

Steven GRIFFIN v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Bloom, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Steven Griffin.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Brent C. Cherry, Assistant Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

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

We accepted review of this cause under the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 11, in order to address a question of first impression: whether the right to DNA analysis created by the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001 may be waived by implication. Because...

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