State of Tennessee v. Terrance Collins
Syllabus
Terrance Collins (\Defendant\) appeals from his Shelby County Criminal Court conviction for aggravated arson, a Class A felony, and resulting twenty-year sentence. Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing more than the minimum in-range sentence. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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- “Not only is the plain meaning of the statute not absurd, it arguably furthers the legislative intent[.]”
- “This Court’s one recognized exception to the plain meaning rule is absurdity of results.”
- “This Court’s one recognized exception to the plain meaning rule is absurdity of results.”
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