STATE v. DAVIDSON


816 S.W.2d 316 (1991)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. James Carlos DAVIDSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Joseph A. Woodruff, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Robert L. Littleton, Littleton, Smith & Wolf, Dickson, for defendant-appellant.

Daniel W. Cook, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Charlotte, Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Kathy M. Principe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for State-appellee.


OPINION

WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, Special Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether or not the statute of limitations applicable to a charge of sexual abuse of a minor may be tolled under the tolling provision applicable to concealment of the crime where it is alleged that the accused used his parental influence over the child to discourage her from telling anyone, threatened to whip and physically abuse her if she told anyone, coerced her not to tell...

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