IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON November 8, 2000 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOHN RUFF Circuit Court for Shelby County No. 96-09407, 08 No. W1999-01536-CCA-R3-CD - Filed January 19, 2001 James Curwood Witt, Jr., J., concurring and dissenting. I concur with the majority’s rationale that led to the conclusion that the charges were properly dismissed below without prejudice. However, I also agree with the majority’s statements about the unavailability of a Rule 3 appeal in this case. Because no appeal as a matter of right is availed to the defendant under Rule 3, I would conclude that this court is without jurisdiction to consider the defendant’s issue with respect to the dismissal of charges without prejudice. See Tenn. R. App. P. 3(b). Although the practical result is the same in that the action of the trial court is not being reversed, I would dismiss the appeal. The majority has undertaken to consider the substantive issue, and had we the jurisdiction to consider it, I would concur in Judge Welles’s excellent analysis. ____________________________________ JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., JUDGE