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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOSEPH KADE ABBOTT

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan D. Cooper and Richard L. Gaines, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Joseph Kade Abbott.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Ryan K. Desmond, District Attorney General; and Chad Taylor, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Joseph Kade Abbott, pled guilty in two consolidated cases to three counts of sexual battery by an authority figure in exchange for concurrent six-year sentences, with the trial court to determine the manner of service. The trial court sentenced Defendant to six years’ incarceration to be served at 100%. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by ordering him to serve his sentence in confinement. Upon our review of the entire record, the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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