STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RIKIYA JOY PARKS - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Ethel P. Rhodes, Morristown, Tennessee (on appeal); and Randall Crossing, Jefferson City, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Rikiya Joy Parks.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin L. Barker, Assistant Attorney General; Dan E. Armstrong, District Attorney General; and Joanie Stallard Stewart, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

Defendant, Rikiya Joy Parks, appeals her Hawkins County Criminal Court jury convictions for aggravated child neglect, making a false report, and child abuse, challenging the admission of photographs of the minor victim, the admission of what she claims was improper character evidence, the exclusion of printed screenshots of Facebook messages, the sufficiency of the convicting evidence, and the imposition of consecutive sentences. Following our review, we affirm.

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