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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JACQUE BOUVIER BENNETT

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 10, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Nathan S. Moore, (on appeal), Nashville, Tennessee, and Adam W. Parrish, (at trial), Lebanon, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jacque Bouvier Bennett.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy E. Wilber, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Lauran A. Hogan, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant, Jacque Bouvier Bennett, of aggravated rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery, and assault by offensive touching. The trial court sentenced the Defendant to an effective fifty-year sentence in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that: (1) the trial court erred when it found the victim competent to testify; (2) the trial court erred when it allowed the victim’s mother to be present during the victim’s testimony; (3) the trial court erred in admitting the victim’s forensic interview; (4) the victim failed to identify the Defendant at trial; and (5) the cumulative effect of these errors undermined the Defendant’s right to a fair trial. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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