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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CHRIST M. CHRISTOPHER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 19, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: William W. Gill, Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference (on appeal); Donna Hargrove, District Public Defender; and Michael Collins and James R. Tucker, Jr., Assistant District Public Defenders (at trial), for the appellant, Christ M. Christopher.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Carter, District Attorney General; and Lisa Zavogiannis and Jeffrey D. Ridner, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Bedford County jury found the Defendant, Christ M. Christopher, guilty of two counts of rape of a child. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of forty years. On appeal, the Defendant challenges the length of the sentences imposed. He argues that the trial court misapplied two enhancement factors and imposed an effective sentence greater than necessary to achieve the purposes and principles of sentencing. Upon our review, we respectfully disagree and affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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