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STATE EX REL. ANGLIN v. MITCHELL

596 S.W.2d 779 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Randy ANGLIN, b/n/f Robert DeLaney v. Sammi MITCHELL, Superintendent, Tennessee Reception and Guidance Center; and C. Murray Henderson, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Corrections. STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Timothy Allen ANGLIN, b/n/f Robert DeLaney v. Howard G. COOK, Superintendent, Spencer Youth Center; and C. Murray Henderson, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Corrections.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1980.

Rehearing Opinion March 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert DeLaney, Jerry P. Black, Jr., William J. Rold, Craig Soland, University of Tennessee Legal Clinic, Knoxville, for petitioner.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert A. Grunow, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondents.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

These consolidated juvenile habeas corpus proceedings raise the significant issue of whether an adjudication of delinquency and a commitment to the Department of Corrections by a nonlawyer judge violate Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee.1

The Chancellor responded in the affirmative. The Court of Appeals reversed. We affirm...

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