State v. Maddin

OPINION

JERRY L. SMITH, J„

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which, DAVID G. HAYES and JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., JJ., joined.

The appellant, Homer Alson Maddin, III, was convicted by a jury of four counts of aggravated rape in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-502. As a result, the appellant was sentenced to an effective sentence of twenty-five years at one hundred percent. The appellant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the mental state of reckless, and that the trial court erred in applying certain enhancement factors to determine his…