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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TONY THOMAS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Tony Thomas, Whiteville, Tennessee, pro se (at trial and on appeal); Patrick Stegall, Memphis, Tennessee (advisory counsel).

Judge(s): WILSON

Defendant appeals his Shelby County Criminal Court jury conviction of aggravated rape, challenging the sufficiency of the convicting evidence and arguing that the trial court should have dismissed the indictment based on either pre-indictment delay or the failure to follow the mandates of Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 5, that post-indictment delay deprived him of the right to a speedy trial, that the trial court erred by refusing to grant a mistrial following the victim’s in-court outburst, that the trial court violated his right to counsel, and that the trial judge should have recused himself. Upon review, we discern no error, and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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