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State v. Taylor

Citations

  • 739 S.W.2d 227
  • 1987 Tenn. LEXIS 980

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that consecutive sentences should not routinely be imposed in criminal cases and the aggregate maximum of consecutive terms must be reasonably related to the severity of the offenses involved
  • “[W]e caution that consecutive sentences should not routinely be imposed in sexual abuse cases, or in other cases, and that the aggregate maximum of consecutive terms must be reasonably related to the severity of the offenses involved.”
  • adding the child sex offender element to the Gray formula

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Judges: Fones, Brock, Cooper, Harbison, Drowota

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