Tennessee Supreme Court· 11/22/1993

State v. Washington

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866 S.W.2d 950

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allowing pretrial diversion where defendant’s offenses were characterized as “apparently aberrant”
“circumstances of the case and the need for deterrence may be considered as two of the many factors, [but] they cannot be given controlling weight unless they are of such overwhelming significance that they ... outweigh all other factors”
“while the circumstances of the case and the need for deterrence may be considered as two of many factors, they cannot be given controlling weight unless they are ‘of such overwhelming significance that they [necessarily] outweigh all other factors’”
“circumstances of the case and the need for deterrence may be considered as two of the many factors, [but] they cannot be given controlling weight unless they are of such overwhelming significance that they . . . outweigh all other factors”
“[W]hile the circumstances of the case and the need for deterrence may be considered as two of the many factors, they cannot be given controlling weight unless they are ‘of such overwhelming significance that they [necessarily] outweigh all other factors.’” (citation omitted)
allowing pretrial diversion where defendant’s offenses were “apparently aberrant”

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Judges: Daughtrey

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