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· 4/29/1996

State v. Kissinger

Citations

  • 922 S.W.2d 482
  • 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 266

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “serious psychological injury” does not constitute “bodily injury” for sentencing purposes
  • concluding that the factor could be applied to a conviction for rape or aggravated rape but not to a conviction for sexual battery or aggravated sexual battery because it was an element of that offense
  • concluding that a casual visitor did not occupy a position of trust
  • explaining that “a sexually motivated rape is committed to gratify a desire for pleasure or excitement” (emphasis added
  • stating that the determination of a position of trust is dependent on the nature of the relationship and that a step-parent is an “obvious” example
  • stating that factor (7) “applies anytime an offender commits an applicable offense to gratify the offender’s desire for any pleasure or any excitement.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: White, Anderson, Drowota, Reid, Birch

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