State v. Ballard

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

This ease presents appeals by both the State of Tennessee and the defendant, Frances Ballard, from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals reversing Ms. Ballard’s conviction of aggravated sexual' battery upon a minor.

In June 1984, Frances Lucindy Ballard was arrested on charges of child sexual abuse. She was subsequently indicted on 19 counts of aggravated rape and 19 counts of aggravated sexual battery involving 19 different children. All the children listed in the indictment were enrolled in the Georgian Hills Day Care Center in Memphis between 1983 and 1984…