Dataurus Denzell Gotcher v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

Two very vivid, and dramatically different, pictures were painted by opposing witnesses in the Hopkins County jury trial of Dataurus Denzell Gotcher on a charge of sexual assault. The narrative sponsored by the State depicted a violent struggle between Gotcher and Janie Lynn Ragsdale in Ragsdale’s house Tuesday, January 8, 2013, ending in Gotcher’s sexual assault of Ragsdale. The opposing narrative from Gotcher and allied witnesses, notably Gotcher’s cousin, Tacka Gotcher, depicted consensual sexual activity between Ragsdale and Gotcher two days earlier…