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GRINDSTAFF v. STATE

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297 S.W.3d 208 (2009)

Earl Marion GRINDSTAFF v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad Lewis Davidson, Newport, Tennessee, for the appellant, Earl Marion Grindstaff.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Rachel West Harmon, Assistant Attorney General; James Bruce Dunn, District Attorney General; and Amanda H. Inman, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

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

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