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· 5/13/2024

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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