State asks court to reverse sanction ordering district attorney's office to pay attorney fees after late disclosure In oral argument, the state urged the court to reverse a trial-court order that required the district attorney's office to pay $500 in attorney fees and costs for ballistics testing after late disclosure of bullets, arguing sovereign immunity bars monetary sanctions against the DA's office absent explicit legislative waiver.

A Tennessee court is facing a contentious debate over whether the district attorney's office should pay attorney fees for a major trial blunder involving late bullet disclosures.

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