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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARTY LYNN RAY

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 6, 2020

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Leif Ericson Jeffers, District Public Defender; and William C. Jones, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant, Marty Lynn Ray.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Nicholas W. Spangler, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jared R. Effler, District Attorney General; and Lindsey C. Cadle and Meredith Slemp, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): THOMAS

The Defendant, Marty Lynn Ray, was convicted of four counts of rape of a child, a Class A felony, and sentenced to an effective ninety years in confinement. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-522. In this appeal as of right, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred by (1) denying his motion for a mistrial after the victim testified about a number of instances of sexual abuse exceeding the nine counts of the indictment; and (2) declining to dismiss a prospective juror for cause based upon her level of English proficiency. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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