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· 4/24/1986

State v. Nease

Citations

  • 713 S.W.2d 90
  • 1986 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 2294

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a defendant’s lack of candor and lack of accountability prevented him from being considered a good candidate for pretrial -9- diversion, despite his positive social history
  • holding that a defendant’s failure to be completely truthful about the circumstances of the crime committed and to take full responsibility made the defendant a poor candidate for diversion
  • holding the defendant to be a poor candidate for diversion because he was not completely truthful about what occurred and did not accept full responsibility
  • holding the defendant to be a poor candidate for diversion because he was not completely truthful about what occurred and did not accept full responsibility
  • remorse not a factor to be considered in determining suitability for pretrial diversion
  • defendant who was untruthful with trial court appropriately denied diversion

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Judges: Byers, Daughtrey, Tatum

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