Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 3/13/1997

State v. Alexander

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957 S.W.2d 1
1997 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 240

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finding under de novo review that the defendant’s act of stabbing the victim multiple times and beating her with a claw hammer was indicative of a dangerous offender to warrant consecutive sentencing
finding enhancement factor (5) justified when evidence established that defendant, in addition to stabbing victim in the face and body with a knife, viciously beat her in the head and arms with a claw hammer
The defendant’s cocaine habit at the time the offenses were committed justified application of enhancement factor (2)
in sentencing for attempted murder first degree, Defendant stabbed victim in face and body several times and beat victim with hammer to justify application of enhancement factor (5)
enhancement factor for prior criminal history applied based upon defendant’s cocaine abuse
“[P]ersonal injuries, great or small, are not an element of attempted murder.”

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Judges: Peay, Smith, Welles

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