STATE OF TENNESSEE v. FORREST DURHAM - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 12, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Nicholas Lee Surrat, Savannah, Tennessee, for the appellant, Forrest Bryce Durham.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin L. Barker, Assistant Attorney General; Jody Pickens, District Attorney General; and Joshua B. Dougan, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): SWORD

Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, the Defendant, Forrest Durham, pleaded guilty to six counts of aggravated statutory rape. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an agreed-upon six-year sentence, suspended to supervised probation. The Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by denying his request for judicial diversion and by requiring him to register as a sex offender. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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