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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BRIAN R. GADBOIS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 28, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel J. Murphy (on appeal), Lewisburg, Tennessee; Michael L. Freeman (at motion for new trial hearing), Nashville, Tennessee; Shelley Thompson Gardner, District Public Defender; and Kelly Skeen, James Clemmons, and Brittany Davis (at trial), Assistant District Public Defenders, for the appellant, Brian R. Gadbois.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Jason Lawson, District Attorney General; and Thomas Swink, Justin Harris, and Laura Bush, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Following a trial, a jury found Defendant, Brian R. Gadbois, guilty of ten counts of rape of a child, three counts of aggravated assault, seven counts of aggravated sexual battery, and four counts of indecent exposure, for which the trial court imposed an effective sentence of 475 years. On appeal, Defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred in not granting his request for a mistrial; (2) the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his motion to sever offenses while simultaneously granting the State’s motion to proceed on both of his indictments during the same trial; (3) the trial court committed plain error when it allowed the State to introduce two reports that were prepared by individuals who did not testify at trial; and (4) the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentences. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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