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STATE v. BEELER

No. E2010-00860-SC-R11-CD.

387 S.W.3d 511 (2012)

STATE of Tennessee v. James BEELER.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Dillow and Katherine L. Tranum , Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellant, James Beeler.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young , Solicitor General; John H. Bledsoe , Senior Counsel; Anthony Wade Clark , District Attorney General; and Janet Hardin , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

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

We accepted this appeal to determine whether a lawyer's potential violation of the ethical rule governing communications with a person represented by another lawyer constitutes criminal contempt pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-9-102(1), (2). Although a lawyer's violation of an ethical rule may...

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