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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GUILLERMO ZAPATA

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 14, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: James M. Gulley (on appeal and at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Guilleramo Zapata.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Rinard, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Lessie Rainey, Regina Lucreziano, Jeff Jones, and Danielle McCollum, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Guillermo Zapata, was convicted in the Shelby County Criminal Court of two counts of aggravated sexual battery, a Class B felony. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court merged the convictions and sentenced him to seven years, two months, and twelve days in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the convictions, that the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the indictment based on due process and speedy trial grounds, and that the trial court erred by instructing the jury on flight. Based upon our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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