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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. HUBERT GLENN SEXTON, JR.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 2, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: James N. Hargis, Sparta, Tennessee, for the appellant, Hubert Glenn Sexton, Jr.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Assistant Attorney General; Jared R. Effler, District Attorney General; and Thomas E. Barclay and Apryl Bradshaw, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

In 2000, the Scott County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, Hubert Glenn Sexton, Jr., for two counts of first degree premeditated murder, and the Defendant was convicted of both counts and was sentenced to death for each offense. State v. Sexton, 368 S.W.3d 371, 378 (Tenn. 2012). Thereafter, this court granted the Defendant post-conviction relief from these convictions and remanded his case for a new trial. Sexton v. State, No. E2018-01864-CCA-R3-PC, 2019 WL 6320518, at *26 (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 25, 2019). On retrial, the Defendant was again convicted of two counts of first degree premeditated murder and was sentenced to consecutive sentences of life without parole. In this appeal, the Defendant argues the trial court erred (1) by denying his constitutional right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 9 of the Tennessee State Constitution, and (2) by allowing several witnesses to testify about allegations that the Defendant had sexually abused his stepdaughter prior to the killings in this case. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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