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State of Tennessee v. Christopher Scottie Itzol-Deleon

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 25, 2017No. M2014-02380-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · BivinsJeffrey S. Bivins, C.J.

in which Cornelia A. Clark, Sharon G. Lee, Holly Kirby, and Roger A. Page, JJ., joined.

We granted the State’s application for permission to appeal in this case in order to determine (1) whether we should expressly overrule our decision in State v. Barney, 986 S.W.2d 545 (Tenn. 1999), and (2) whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in merging two of the Defendant’s convictions. We expressly overrule Barney and hold that double jeopardy principles apply when determining whether multiple convictions of sexual offenses arise from a single act of sexual assault. We further hold that, in…

3Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. State v. BurnsTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Sanabria v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Rutledge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Swafford v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991

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4Cited by7 opinions

  1. State of Tennessee v. LaJuan HarbisonTennessee Supreme Court · 2018
  2. State of Tennessee v. Brandon Wayne WatsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2022
  3. State of Tennessee v. Clyde E. WillisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2025
  4. State of Tennessee v. Felipe GonzalesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2018
  5. State of Tennessee v. Martinos DerringCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2019

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