STATE v. HANSON

No. E2006-00883-SC-R11-CD.

279 S.W.3d 265 (2009)

STATE of Tennessee v. David Harold HANSON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Marshall, Jr., District Public Defender, Clinton, Tennessee, for the appellee, David Harold Hanson.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Leslie E. Price, Assistant Attorney General; Dave Clark, District Attorney General; and Jan Hicks, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., WILLIAM M. BARKER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined.

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