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STATE v. CROSS

No. E2008-02792-SC-R11-CD.

362 S.W.3d 512 (2012)

STATE of Tennessee v. Lonnie CROSS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cooper , Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young , Solicitor General; Gordon W. Smith and Joseph F. Whalen , Associate Solicitors General; John H. Bledsoe , Senior Counsel; and Matthew Bryant Haskell , Assistant Attorney General; Steven Bebb , District Attorney General; and Brooklyn Martin , Assistant District Attorney General, for the State of Tennessee.

Larry D. Wright , Cleveland, Tennessee, for Lonnie Cross.

Kathy Morante , Assistant District Attorney; William Crabtree , Assistant District Attorney; and Garland Erguden , Assistant District Attorney, for the Amicus Curiae Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference.

Stephen Ross Johnson and Wade V. Davies , Knoxville, Tennessee; Ann C. Short , Knoxville, Tennessee; and Aimee D. Solway , Nashville, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

OPINION

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

This appeal presents, among other issues, an issue regarding the application of the federal and state constitutional double jeopardy protections to a single prosecution for multiple offenses arising out of a high speed chase involving a motorist who was attempting to avoid arrest for driving...

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