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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SHAROD DEMON GREER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 7, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mitchell A. Raines, Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference; Jeremy B. Epperson, District Public Defender; and Austin W. Bethany, Assistant District Public Defender, for the appellant, Sharod Demon Greer.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Matthew A. Floyd, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Defendant, Sharod Demon Greer, was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual battery and assault by offensive touching, for which the trial court imposed an effective sentence of twelve years’ imprisonment. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his aggravated sexual battery conviction because the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that any touching of the victim was sexually motivated and (2) the trial court failed to consider the purposes and principles of sentencing when it imposed the maximum in-range sentence for aggravated sexual battery because it did not explain why the sentence was more justly deserved than a lesser sentence. After review, we affirm.

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