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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CORDELL BUFFORD

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 22, 2014

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Timothy J. Williams and Krista Holder-Williams, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Cordell Bufford.

Attorneys 2:

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; John H. Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Abby Wallace and Jennifer Nichols, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WITT

The defendant, Cordell Bufford, appeals his Shelby County Criminal Court jury conviction of rape of a child, claiming that the trial court erred by refusing to enforce a plea agreement with the State, by denying his request for funds to hire an expert witness, by denying his motions to exclude certain evidence, by prohibiting cross-examination of the victim’s mother about the victim’s previous sexual abuse pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Evidence 412, and by denying his request for a special jury instruction. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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