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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CRISTOBAL JOSE VASQUEZ

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 25, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Richard L. Gaines (on appeal) and Keith Lee Lieberman (at trial), Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Cristobal Jose Vasquez.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Hornsby, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Ashley D. McDermott and Heather Good, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Cristobal Jose Vasquez, of solicitation of a minor and aggravated sexual battery, and the trial court sentenced him to an effective term of nine years’ imprisonment. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the evidence is legally insufficient to support his conviction for aggravated sexual battery. He also asserts that the trial court erred by (1) allowing testimony concerning uncharged criminal conduct; and (2) excluding extrinsic evidence of a prior inconsistent statement by the victim or, alternatively, prohibiting him from recalling the victim to lay a foundation for that evidence. Upon our review, we respectfully disagree and affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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