Tennessee Supreme Court· 9/2/2008

State v. Meeks

Citations

262 S.W.3d 710
2008 Tenn. LEXIS 575
2008 WL 4007429

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holding that hazards posed by actively operating methamphetamine lab created exigent circumstances justifying warrantless search
noting that at common law, the State was not afforded the right to appeal in criminal cases
stating that the standard of review for mixed questions of law and fact is de novo without any presumption of correctness
holding there is no appeal as of right for the State pursuant to Tenn. R. App. P. 3(c)(1) unless the trial court actually dismisses the prosecution
noting that “[w]hen a statute affords a state . . . the right to an appeal in a criminal proceeding, the statute will be strictly construed to apply only to the circumstances defined in the statute”
listing some of the “commonly recognized exceptions to the requirement of a warrant”

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Judges: Koch, Barker, Holder, Clark, Wade

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