STATE v. BURDICK

No. M2010-00144-SC-R11-CD

395 S.W.3d 120 (2012)

STATE of Tennessee v. Robert Jason BURDICK.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Herbison , Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Robert Jason Burdick.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young , Solicitor General; Rachel E. Willis , Senior Counsel; Mark A. Fulks , Senior Counsel; Victor S. Johnson, III , District Attorney General; and Roger Moore , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

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

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