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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TOBARUS BURTON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 19, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: John Patrick McNeil, (on appeal and at motion to withdraw plea hearing); and Eric Mogy and Michael Campbell (at guilty plea hearing), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tobarus Burton.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Dru Carpenter, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): SWORD

The Defendant, Tobarus Burton, pleaded guilty in the Shelby County Criminal Court to one count of aggravated sexual battery. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-504. He received an agreed eight-year sentence to be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Defendant subsequently filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(f), which was denied by the trial court. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw his plea. Discerning no abuse of discretion, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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