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State v. Davenport

Citations

  • 980 S.W.2d 407
  • 1998 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 415

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  • holding that aggra vated assa ult is not a lesser grade or class of attempted aggravated rape because aggravated assault is among the “assaultive offenses” while aggravated rape is amo ng the “sexua l offenses”
  • following the reasoning of Trusty and granting habeas corpus relief from a conviction for aggravated assault where the petitioner had been charged with attempted first degree murder
  • notwithstanding Ealey, this court will not presume a defendant’s consent to an amendment of the indictment on the basis of his failure to object to an erroneous lesser included offense instruction
  • stating “that where the defendant affirmatively requests a particular jury instruction on an offense not charged in the indictment . . . the defendant is deemed to have consented to an amendment of the indictment”

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Judges: Smith, Wade, Welles

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