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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL THOMAS HUNTER, JR.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 8, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: S. Tate Rohani (on appeal), Eric Yow (at trial), and Terria Blunt (at suppression hearing), Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Michael Thomas Hunter, Jr.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Edwin Alan Groves, Jr., Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Nash, District Attorney General; and Marianne Bell, Arthur Beiber and Crystal Morgan, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Defendant, Michael Thomas Hunter, Jr., was convicted of six counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child less than thirteen years of age, a Class B felony, at a bench trial in the Montgomery County Circuit Court. See T.C.A. § 39-13-504 (2018) (subsequently amended). The trial court sentenced the Defendant to serve ten years at 100% for each offense, with five of the six sentences to be served consecutively. The court also ordered community supervision for life and placement on the sexual offender registry. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss for violation of his right to a speedy trial, (2) the court erred in denying his motion to suppress his post-polygraph statements, (3) the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions, and (4) the court erred in sentencing him. We affirm the judgments of the trial court but remand for the correction of a clerical error in the offense date on the judgment for Count 6.

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