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STATE v. DORANTES

No. M2007-01918-SC-R11-CD.

331 S.W.3d 370 (2011)

STATE of Tennessee v. Genaro DORANTES.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball and John H. Bledsoe , Assistant Attorneys General; Victor S. Johnson, III , District Attorney General; Katrin N. Miller and Brian Holmgren , Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Jeffery Allen Devasher (on appeal), Nashville, Tennessee, and Amy D. Harwell and Ross Alderman (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Genaro Dorantes.

OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

The defendant, who was extradited from Mexico to face charges for aggravated child abuse and felony murder by aggravated child abuse, was convicted for each offense. The trial court imposed sentences of twenty-two years and life, respectively, to be served consecutively. The Court of Criminal...

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