Legal Opinion

In Re: Anna L. J. - Concurring

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided March 20, 2014No. M2013-00561-COA-R3-JVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE December17, 2013 Session IN RE: ANNA L. J. Appeal from the Juvenile Court for Williamson County No. 37304 Sharon Guffee, Judge No. M2013-00561-COA-R3-JV - Filed March 20, 2014 F RANK G. C LEMENT, J R., J., concurring. I write separately to emphasize the point that trial courts should not automatically impose the maximum sentence when consecutive sentencing is available; this is due in part to the recognition that “not every contemptuous act, or combination of contemptuous acts, justifies the imposition of a maximum sentence, particularly when…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. TaylorTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
  2. State v. CummingsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
  3. In re SneedTennessee Supreme Court · 2010

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