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State Supreme Court upholds local DUI case
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The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a drunk driving charge against a local woman after the video tape of her traffic stop was lost.The woman, Angela M. Merriman, was originally charged with DUI, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and driving on a suspended license. All of those charges except the latter and her violation of implied consent are now officially dismissed with the ruling by the Supreme Court. She refused a blood or breath test.The question of the missing tape was raised by the Public Defender’s office of Dan Bryant when defense attorneys were unable to get a copy of it from police while preparing for trial.