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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

FILED
November 9, 1998

Cecil W. Crowson FOR PUBLICATION Appellate Court Clerk Filed: November 9, 1998

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Appellant, v. KENNETH EUGENE TROUTMAN, Appellee.

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Washington County Hon. Arden L. Hill, Judge No. 03S01-9705-CC-00049

FOR APPELLANT: John Knox Walkup Attorney General and Reporter Michael E. Moore Solicitor General Gordon W. Smith Associate Solicitor General Nashville

FOR APPELLEE: Frederick M. Lance Johnson City

OPINION

AFFIRMED

HOLDER, J.

OPINION

While this case has ultimately been decided on a waiver issue, we granted this appeal to take the opportunity to address two very important issues of statutory construction in misdemeanor sentencing. The general issues may be framed as whether Tenn. Code Ann.

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