Tennessee Supreme Court· 4/19/1999

State v. Brown

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992 S.W.2d 389
1999 Tenn. LEXIS 244

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finding the State’s election insufficient where it “simply narrowed the time-frame of the charged offense from the period alleged in the indictment” rather than attempting to “clarify the victim’s testimony, or clarify the conflicts in the testimony.”
finding the State’s election insufficient where it “simply narrowed the time-frame of the charged offense from the period alleged in the indictment” rather than attempting to “clarify the victim’s testimony, or clarify the conflicts in the testimony.”
“We are sensitive to the fact that young children who are victims of child abuse may not be able to testify that abuse occurred on a specific date, or provide exténsive details in this regard.”
“when the evidence indicates [that] the defendant has committed multiple offenses against a victim, the prosecution must elect the particular offense as charged in the indictment for which the conviction is sought.”

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Judges: Anderson, Drowota, Birch, Holder, Barker

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