Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 4/19/1996

State v. McKinney

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929 S.W.2d 404
1996 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 242

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holding that improper testimony about defen dant’s prior crime did not create a manifest necessity for a mistrial because the evidence of defend ant’s guilt w as ove rwhelm ing
applying, by analogy, tolling statute to defeat defendant’s claim that his prior DUI conviction was outside the reach-back period where delay in conviction resulted from defendant absenting himself from jurisdiction
in view of the strength of convicting evidence, trial court did not err in denying motion for mistrial following testimony that defendant had a “prior charge,” even though no curative instruction was given

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Judges: Peay, Jones, Welles

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