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Defending Rape Cases in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

On June 2, 2009, a Rogersville, Tennessee, woman testified before a jury that a former Hamblen county Sheriff?s Office Deputy, Dexter L. Morris, raped her in the back of his police cruiser. According to the prosecution, Deputy Morris stopped the victim?s vehicle and ordered her boyfriend to walk home after finding some marijuana. The deputy then allegedly coerced her into having intercourse with him after he threatened her with Tennessee drug possession charges and getting her fired from her job. If these allegations are true, then the deputy will likely be convicted of rape or aggravated rape. Under T.C.A. § 39-13-503, rape involves the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant if the act is accompanied, among other things, by coercion or is otherwise accomplished without the consent of the victim and the defendant had reason to know that the victim did not consent...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on June 05, 2009 (boomark / email).