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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 910 S.W.2d 457
  • 1995 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 227

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that trial courts may “reduce the sentence within the range as appropriate for mitigating factors”
  • stating that a trial court can acknowledge a mitigating factor yet, in its discretion, give it no weight
  • the strength of three enhancement factors justifies imposing the maximum sentence even with the existence of a mitigating factor
  • under sentencing statute prescribing mitigating and enhancement factors, unwanted pregnancy constitutes bodily injury

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Judges: Peay, Wade, Hayes

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