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The defendant, Ray Vance, appealed his conviction of aggravated sexual battery in Stewart County Circuit Court. He was serving a ten-year sentence for the conviction. Vance raised three issues on appeal: whether the court erred in disallowing corroborative testimony about the victim's sexual maturity, whether the court erred in instructing the jury on release eligibility dates, and whether the evidence sufficiently supported the jury's verdict. The Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding no reversible error regarding the evidence exclusion, jury instructions, or sufficiency of the evidence. The court noted that the defendant failed to comply with the mandatory notice requirements of Rule 412 regarding sexual behavior evidence and found the jury instruction on sentencing to be harmless.
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The defendant, Ray Vance, appealed his conviction of aggravated sexual battery in Stewart County Circuit Court. He was serving a ten-year sentence for the conviction. Vance raised three issues on appeal: whether the court erred in disallowing corroborative testimony about the victim's sexual maturity, whether the court erred in instructing the jury on release eligibility dates, and whether the evidence sufficiently supported the jury's verdict. The Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding no reversible error regarding the evidence exclusion, jury instructions, or sufficiency of the evidence. The court noted that the defendant failed to comply with the mandatory notice requirements of Rule 412 regarding sexual behavior evidence and found the jury instruction on sentencing to be harmless.
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