Legal Opinion

State v. McCary

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1996PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

The appellant, Donald C. MeCary, was convicted of thirteen sex offenses: two counts of aggravated sexual battery,1 three counts of rape,2 six counts of statutory rape,3 and two counts of sexual battery.4 The trial court imposed the maximum sentence for each offense and ordered each to be served consecutively—an effective sentence of seventy-two years. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgments. At issue is whether the trial court correctly admitted into evidence testimony concerning uncharged and unindicted sexual offenses committed by MeCary…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  2. State v. BigbeeTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  3. State v. Van TranTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  4. State v. PartonTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Bunch v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by86 opinions

  1. State v. DuBoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. ShirleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. MooreTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. ThackerTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
  5. State v. JamesTennessee Supreme Court · 2002

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