STATE v. KISSINGER


922 S.W.2d 482 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Michael R. KISSINGER, Appellant. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Guy Phelan ROBERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marti L. Kaufman, Memphis, for Appellant Kissinger.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Nashville, Amy L. Tarkington, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, John W. Pierotti, District Attorney General, Memphis, Chris Craft, Assistant District Attorney General, Memphis, for Appellee.

Richard W. DeBerry, Assistant District Public Defender, Camden, for Appellant Roberson.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Nashville, Amy L. Tarkington, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, G. Robert Radford, District Attorney General, Huntington, John W. Overton, Jr., Assistant District Attorney General, Savannah, for Appellee.


OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

Michael R. Kissinger and Guy Phelan Roberson were each convicted of one count of aggravated sexual battery. Kissinger was also convicted of one count of aggravated rape. The victims of each of these crimes were children of less than thirteen years. In each case, the trial courts enhanced defendants' sentences beyond the minimum in the range based on a number of factors found in Tennessee Code Annotated Section 40-35-114. The Court...

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