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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JUSTIN L. STEGALL

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Sep 28, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mitchell A. Raines (on appeal), Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division; George Morton Googe (at trial), Public Defender; Hayley F. Johnson (at trial), Assistant Public Defender, Jackson Tennessee, for the appellant, Justin L. Stegall.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Courtney Orr, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jody Pickens, District Attorney General; and Angela R. Scott, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant was convicted of a single count of aggravated sexual battery, and the trial court imposed a sentence of eight years as a Range I offender to be served in confinement. On appeal, Defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court erred by admitting the video recording of the minor victim’s forensic interview. Following our review of the entire record and the parties’ briefs, we reverse Defendant’s conviction and remand this case for a new trial.

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