Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
Tennessee HB1352, now enacted as part of Senate Bill 678, amends the classification and sentencing provisions for aggravated sexual battery when the victim is under 18 years old or is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless. The bill maintains that such offenses remain classified as Class B felonies, requiring defendants to be punished as Range II offenders, with the possibility of a sentence within Range III but not below Range II. This change affects offenders convicted of aggravated sexual battery against vulnerable victims, ensuring stricter sentencing guidelines.
Tennessee HB1352, now enacted as part of Senate Bill 678, amends the classification and sentencing provisions for aggravated sexual battery when the victim is under 18 years old or is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless. The bill maintains that such offenses remain classified as Class B felonies, requiring defendants to be punished as Range II offenders, with the possibility of a sentence within Range III but not below Range II. This change affects offenders convicted of aggravated sexual battery against vulnerable victims, ensuring stricter sentencing guidelines.
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