· 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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