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State v. Embry

Citations

  • 915 S.W.2d 451

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that application of enhancement factor (5) “requires a finding of cruelty over an d above tha t inherently attendant to the crime”
  • holding that enhancement factor (5) \requires a finding of cruelty over and above that inherently attendant to the crime\
  • rejecting this factor where rape victim was forced at knifepoint to remove her clothing and subjected to sexual acts
  • not applicable because facts to support exceptional cruelty were not \over and above that incident\ to aggravated rape
  • the facts must “support a finding of ‘exceptional cruelty’ that demonstrates a culpability distinct from and appreciably greater than that incident to” the charged offense

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Judges: Barker, Summers, Hayes

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