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STATE v. LAYMAN

214 S.W.3d 442 (2007)

STATE of Tennessee v. Melissa Ann LAYMAN. State of Tennessee v. Jonathan Ray Taylor.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Sue White, Seymour, Tennessee, for the appellant, Melissa Ann Layman.

Kevin C. Angel, Clinton, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jonathan Ray Taylor.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; John H. Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General; James N. Ramsey, District Attorney General; and Jan Hicks, Assistant District Attorney General for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, SP. J., joined. GARY R. WADE, J., concurring and dissenting.

We granted and consolidated the applications for permission to appeal filed on behalf of Melissa Ann Layman and Jonathan Ray Taylor to determine the scope of a trial court's discretion to deny a motion to nolle prosequi to which the defendant has...

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