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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. VICTOR GORDON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 18, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joseph McClusky (on appeal and at motion for new trial), and Larry Fitzgerald (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Victor Gordon.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Lessie Rainey and Devin Dennis, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Defendant, Victor Gordon, appeals from his convictions for rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery. Specifically, he argues the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for rape of a child because the State failed to present evidence of sexual penetration. He further contends that he is entitled to plain error relief as to both convictions on the basis that the trial court failed to make the required statutory findings for the admission of the victims’ forensic interviews pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 24-7-123. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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