State of Tennessee v. Quantorius Rankins

09/01/2020 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE June 9, 2020 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. QUANTORIUS RANKINS Appeal from the Circuit Court for Rutherford County No. F-79060 David M. Bragg, Judge ___________________________________ No. M2019-00687-CCA-R3-CD ___________________________________ Defendant, Quantorius Rankins, entered a best interest plea pursuant to Hicks v. State,

945 S.W.2d 706

(Tenn. 1997) to statutory rape. The agreement provided that the trial court would conduct a sentencing hearing to determine if Defendant would be granted judicial diversion and to…