Legal Opinion
State v. Hodges
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 5, 1991PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Justice.
In these consolidated cases each of the defendants entered guilty pleas in the trial court. Both occurred in Williamson County with different judges in each case. At the individual sentencing hearings the trial judge reduced the sentence which had previously been agreed upon at the guilty plea proceedings.
*152The State appealed the trial court judgment to the Court of Criminal Appeals on the issue of whether the trial court erred in sua sponte reducing the sentences of defendants, where said sentences were imposed by the agreement of the parties and with prior judicial…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Tennessee Department of Human Services v. VaughnTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
- District Attorney for the N. Dist. v. Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- State v. BiggsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- State v. TurnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- State v. RuizTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
- Kenyon v. HandalCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
- State v. ShepherdTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- Parham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
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