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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RUSSELL MATTHEW MORGAN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 6, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Russell Matthew Morgan.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Stephen M. Hatchett, District Attorney General; and Dorothy Cherry, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Monroe County jury found the Defendant, Russell Matthew Morgan, guilty of solicitation of a minor to commit aggravated statutory rape and solicitation of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means. On appeal, the Defendant raises three issues: (1) whether the evidence is legally insufficient to support his conviction for solicitation of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means; (2) whether Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-528 prohibits solicitation of a minor to commit aggravated statutory rape; and (3) whether the trial court erred in admitting hearsay testimony. Upon our review, we respectfully affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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