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More on the Upcoming Tennessee Supreme Court Docket

By Baker Associates

When the Tennessee Supreme Court hears a criminal case, it has the ability to redefine, reinterpret or otherwise affect an area of Tennessee criminal law in a substantial way. Thus every case that comes before the Court is worthy of discussion since it may have a lasting impact on the criminal framework. One such case, State v. Brown, will consider two separate issues that are fairly common in the criminal context. The first issue is that of lesser included offenses. A lesser included offense is an offense of which all the elements are included in a greater offense, but the greater offense has additional or different elements and a more severe penalty (with rare exceptions). In this case, the defendant contended that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury as to criminally negligent homicide when the defendant was charged with felony murder...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).