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STATE OF TENNESSEE. v. RODGER DALE PRINCE AND AMANDA BEATY

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Sep 23, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Rodger Dale Prince.

Attorneys 2: Joshua D. Hedrick, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Amanda Beaty.

Attorneys 3: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Assistant Attorney General; Russell Johnson, District Attorney General; and Robert G. Edwards and Jonathan S. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Morgan County jury convicted Defendant Rodger Dale Prince (“Defendant Prince”) and Defendant Amanda Beaty (“Defendant Beaty”) of first degree felony murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse and first degree felony murder in the perpetration of aggravated child neglect. Additionally, the jury convicted Defendant Beaty of aggravated child endangerment. The trial court imposed an effective life sentence with the possibility of parole for Defendant Prince’s convictions and an effective life sentence with the possibility of parole plus fifteen years for Defendant Beaty’s convictions. On appeal, the defendants assert that: (1) the trial court erred when it allowed the State to amend the indictment; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support their felony murder convictions; and (4) the trial court erred when it failed to grant a mistrial based upon improper testimony. Defendant Beaty also asserts that the trial court erred when it admitted into evidence instances of prior abuse. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments and remand for correction of the judgments consistent with this opinion.

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