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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON
FILED
MARCH SESSION , 1998
STATE OF TENNESSEE,  )  C.C.A. NO. 02C01-9709-CC-00341  
)  
Appellee,  ) )  April 1, 1999  
)  HENRY COUNTY  
VS.  )  
)  HON. JULIAN P.  Cecil Crowson, Jr.GUINN  
JAMES ROBERT FIELDS,  )  JUDGE  
)  Appellate C ourt Clerk  
Appe llant.  )  (Direct Appeal - Class B Misdemeanor  
)  Assault)  

CONCURRING OPINION
I agree that the conviction should be affirmed.  Assault is not a lesser included or lesser grade offense of statutory rape.  I disagree, however, with footnote 3 which suggests that a special request by the defendant for an instruction on a lesser offense would serve to amend the indictment.  See State v. Leland Ray Reeves, No. 01C01-9711-CR-00515 (Tenn. Crim. App., at Nashville, Mar. 23, 1999).
Gary R. Wade, Presiding Judge

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