Decision In State v. Donald Ray Smith, No. 02C01-9805-Cc-00151 (Tenn. Crim.

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
• Decided: February 16, 2000
• Docket: 03C01-9904-CC-00167
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

AT KNOXVILLE FILED OCTOBER SESSION, 1999 February 16, 2000

Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate Court Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) ) No. 03C01-9904-CC-00167 Appellee, ) ) COCKE COUNTY vs. ) ) Hon. BEN W. HOOPER, II, Judge EMIT KEITH CODY, ) ) (First Degree Murder) ) Appellant. )

SEPARATE CONCURRING

I write separately to acknowledge my participation in this court’s previous

decision in State v. Donald Ray Smith, No. 02C01-9805-CC-00151 (Tenn. Crim.

App. at Jackson, Apr. 29, 1999), perm. to appeal granted, (Tenn. Nov. 8, 1999),

which ordered reversal of the conviction and dismissal of the indictment under

procedural circumstances similar to those in the case sub judice. Notwithstanding, in light of the supreme court’s Rule 11 grant in this case and, more importantly, Judge Welles’ thorough analysis of this unique procedural

issue, I amnow persuaded that my prior position requiring dismissal of the indictm in Smith ent

requires revisiting. Indeed, the case law to which this court is bound to follow is clear that double jeopardy would not bar retrial in the present case. See Lockhart v. Nelson, 488 U.S. 33, 109

S.C 285 (1988); State v. Longstreet, 619 S.W.2d 97 (Tenn. 1981). With this explanation, I join in t.

the majority’s opinion.

____________________________________ DAVID G HAYES, Judge .