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State v. Morris

Citations

  • 788 S.W.2d 820
  • 1990 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 731

How courts have described this case

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

  • reaching same result as Shook in the face of multiple errors
  • the defendant’s sexual offenses were part of a common scheme or plan to molest the victims when they were committed against members of a tumbling group
  • trial judge has duty to mold judgment to conform with verdict, but court does not have the authority to substitute a judgment that is substantially different
  • aggravated sexual battery is lesser- included offense of aggravated rape
  • common scheme to sexually molest young victims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Duncan, Byers, Wade

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