Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 3/1/2001

State v. Ring

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56 S.W.3d 577
2001 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 136

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the trial court’s failure to consider enhancing and mitigating factors in fashioning the appropriate combination of sentencing alternatives is “misplaced”
“The trial court should then further consider the existence of enhancing and mitigating factors and the nature and circumstances surrounding the offense in fashioning an appropriate sentence alternative.”
“Whenever victim impact information contains relevant and reliable evidence relating to enhancing or mitigating factors and/or any other sentencing consideration, the trial court should consider it and determine what weight, if any, should be given to that evidence.”

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Judges: John Everett Williams

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