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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RUFUS STEVENS

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Oct 7, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: J. Jeffrey Lee, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Rufus Stevens.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Jonathan H. Wardle, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Gavin Smith, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

The Defendant, Rufus Stevens, was convicted of aggravated rape, and the trial court sentenced him to serve eighteen years. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court should have granted his motion to dismiss the indictment because the statute of limitations had run on the offense. The Defendant also contends that the trial court erroneously limited his questioning during voir dire and that it should have granted his motion to suppress several items of evidence. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

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