Tennessee Supreme Court· 11/17/1975

State v. Dixon

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530 S.W.2d 73
1975 Tenn. LEXIS 559

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holding that a facially unconstitutional statute is “void from the date of its enactment” and cannot form the basis for a “valid conviction”
stating that a criminal statute that is unconstitutional on its face is “void from the date of its enactment” and cannot, therefore, provide the basis for a “valid conviction” (citing Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156 (1972
\[A] criminal statute superseded or repealed by an unconstitutional act is left unaffected by the passage of the void repealing act.\
an unconstitutional statute is void from the date of its enactment and cannot form the basis for a valid conviction, although prior version of statute may save conviction from voidness

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Judges: Cooper, Fones, Harbison, Henry, Inman

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