STATE v. IRVIN


603 S.W.2d 121 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Roy Lee IRVIN, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., William P. Sizer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Arzo Carson, Dist. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, Jeff Hall, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, for plaintiff-respondent.

K. David Myers, Maynardville, W.G. Harrell, Jr., Tazewell, for defendant-petitioner.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Although other issues were involved at the trial and in the Court of Criminal Appeals, this Court granted certiorari to consider the single issue of whether multiple convictions for homicide may stand where more than one death results from a single automobile accident.

As pointed out by petitioner, Tennessee has for many years aligned itself with a small minority of states in holding that there can be only one conviction...

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