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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BOBBY NEIL MATHIS, JR.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 27, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: David W. Camp (on appeal) and Marcus A. Lipham (at trial), Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, Bobby Mathis.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Brent C. Cherry, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Matthew A. Floyd, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

A Madison County jury found Defendant, Bobby Neil Mathis, Jr., guilty as charged of one count of rape of a child and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. The trial court merged the two counts and sentenced Defendant to thirty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, Defendant argues he is entitled to a new trial because the State failed to elect offenses for the two counts presented to the jury, the trial court erred in failing to issue a modified unanimity instruction, and the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdicts. After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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