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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MONTERIO FUNZIE

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Jun 4, 2020

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: J. Jeffrey Lee, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Monterio Funzie.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Katharine K. Decker, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Gavin Smith and Leslie Byrd, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WOODALL

Defendant, Monterio Funzie, was indicted by the Shelby County Grand Jury for sexual battery by an authority figure and sexual battery. According to the judgment, Defendant pleaded guilty to sexual battery, and the remaining charge was dismissed on motion of the State. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Defendant as a multiple offender to three years to be served in a workhouse. On appeal, Defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request for judicial diversion and that his sentence is excessive. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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