STATE v. BLACKMON


984 S.W.2d 589 (1998)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Bobby Vincent BLACKMON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Henderson, Nashville, for appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Douglas D. Himes, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Lawrence Ray Whitley, District Attorney General, Dee David Gay, Kathi Phillips, Assistant District Attorneys General, Gallatin, for appellee.


OPINION

BIRCH, J.

We granted permission to appeal pursuant to Tenn. R.App. P. 11 to the appellant, Bobby Vincent Blackmon, in order to determine whether, and if so, under what circumstances, the right to be tried by a judge who is constitutionally qualified1 can be waived. We address also the appellant's contention that the judgment of forfeiture entered against his vehicle seized incident to his arrest on April 20, 1993, constitutes...

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