Legal Opinion
State v. Kendrick
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 10, 1999No. 03C01-9810-CR-00374PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Presiding Judge.
The defendant, Kenneth Lee Kendrick, was convicted in a bench trial of knowingly taking marijuana into a penal institution. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-201. The trial court imposed a Range I sentence of four years.
In this appeal of right, the defendant contends that a community corrections facility does not qualify as a penal institution and argues that the trial court erred by the imposition of a four-year sentence and the denial of any form of alternative sen tencing. Because the state was unable to establish that the defendant possessed marijuana in a “penal…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. AshbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. GrearTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. BunchTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. SmithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
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3Cited by85 opinions
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