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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. AARON JOSEPH COUVERTIER

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 14, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: David W. Camp (on appeal) and Anna. B. Cash (at guilty plea and sentencing hearing), Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, Aaron Joseph Couvertier.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Lee Sparks, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Defendant, Aaron Joseph Couvertier, entered an open plea to one count of aggravated statutory rape, a Class D felony. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court denied the Defendant’s request for judicial diversion and imposed a two-year sentence to be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction at 100 percent service. The Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion in denying judicial diversion. After review, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

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