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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CLIFTON SWIFT

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 19, 2014

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Harry E. Sayle, Jr., (on appeal) and Robert Felkner (at trial), Assistant District Public Defenders, for the appellant, Clifton Swift.

Attorneys 2:

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; J. Ross Dyer, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Jennifer Nichols, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WITT

The defendant, Clifton Swift, appeals his Shelby County Criminal Court jury conviction of rape of a child, claiming that the trial court abused its discretion by permitting impeachment of the defendant by his prior conviction for attempting to violate the sexual offender registry act and by admitting into evidence the victim’s rape kit. In addition, the defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction of rape of a child. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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