Legal Opinion
State v. Griffith
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1990PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Justice.
In this appeal, the defendant challenges the constitutionality of T.C.A. § 40-36-106(e)(3), which grants the trial court authority to resentence defendant up to the maximum sentence provided for the offense committed, following revocation of defendant’s community corrections sentence.
Defendant pleaded guilty to grand larceny on February 26, 1988. The trial court sentenced him as a Range I, standard offender, to a three year sentence. Thirty days of the sentence were to be served in the Obion County Jail and the remainder in the custody of West Tennessee Corrections,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- United States v. David S. KuckCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by85 opinions
- State v. BallCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
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- State v. MounceTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. KendrickCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
- State v. ErvinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
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