State of Tennessee v. Larry Allen Whited and William Henry Rutherford - Dissenting

Case Number
M2005-00167-CCA-R3-CD

The majority affirms the Defendant Whited’s conviction for aggravated assault concluding that “a rational jury could easily infer that [seventeen-month-old] Tristian was in reasonable fear of imminent bodily injury . . . .” For the reasons discussed below, I respectfully dissent.

Authoring Judge
Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge
Judge Jane W. Wheatcraft
Case Name
State of Tennessee v. Larry Allen Whited and William Henry Rutherford - Dissenting
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
This is a dissenting opinion
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