Legal Opinion

State v. Bowling

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided July 16, 1997No. 03C01-9501-CR-00017PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The defendant appeals as of right from three, concurrent twelve-year sentences that the Washington County Criminal Court imposed upon him alter it revoked his suspended sentence. He contends that the trial court erroneously enhanced the three, ten-year sentences it previously imposed in this case by applying improperly two enhancement factors and ignoring an applicable mitigating factor. Because we conclude that the trial court was without the authority to increase the defendant’s sentence, we vacate the amended judgments of the trial court and order that the defendant…

2Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. HunterTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. TaylorTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. JacksonTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  4. State v. EdenfieldCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2009
  5. Floyd Jenkins v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2004

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