Chief Deputy Clerk Gets Pretrial Diversion

The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed an appeal in a case in which a county circuit court chief deputy clerk was charged with providing information to bonding companies in exchange for cash payments. The information allegedly provided was a list of people who had missed court or been arrested. The trial court had ruled that the district attorney general abused his discretion by refusing to permit the defendant to enter pretrial diversion.

The court here held that the State cannot appeal the trial court’s decision. (Mike Frisch)