State v. Hollingsworth

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the court may look beyond the plea agreement to consider the “true nature of the offense committed”
• stating that in matters entrusted to the discretion of the trial court, “the appellate court is not authorized to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court when the judgment of the trial court is supported by substantial evidence”
• stating that in matters entrusted to the discretion of the trial court, “the appellate court is not authorized to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court when the judgment of the trial court is supported by substantial evidence”
• finding that it was proper for the trial court to deny probation to a defendant convicted of robbery and attempt to commit a felony when the facts of his case demonstrated that he was guilty of armed robbery and citing State v. Welch, 565 S.W.2d 492 (Tenn. 1978
• “It is . . . proper for a trial court to look behind the plea bargain and consider the true nature of the offenses committed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).