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STATE v. MICHAEL

629 S.W.2d 13 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Esther Sue MICHAEL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Plunk, Hopper & Plunk, P.C., Savannah, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Sylvia Ford Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

E.E. Edwards, III, Nashville, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The sole question before this Court concerns abuse of discretion in denying probation on grounds of the nature of the offense and the deterrence value of the sentence.

Defendant, Esther Sue Michael, had been married and divorced to both John Melson, who fathered defendant's daughter, and Donald Michael. On March 1, 1979, defendant was at the home of her first ex-husband, John Melson...

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