State of Tennessee v. Derek T. Grooms, Steven Hamm, Jeremiah Lesslie, Christian Cole Smith, Allen Hatley, and Bennie Swafford

Following the trial court’s denial of interlocutory appeals pursuant to Rule 9 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, the State sought extraordinary appeals pursuant to Rule 10 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure in the above cases, which this court granted and consolidated. On appeal, the State contends that the trial court abused its discretion in disqualifying the District Attorney General’s Office for the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District after finding that Derek T. Grooms and Allen Hatley were defendants in cases prosecuted by this district attorney’s office but were also victims in other cases prosecuted by this office. After review, we reverse the orders of the trial court and remand for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.