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State v. Badger

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville
Aug 25, 2010
No. M2009-01295-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 25, 2010)

Opinion

No. M2009-01295-CCA-R3-PC.

Assigned on Briefs August 18, 2010.

Filed August 25, 2010.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Bedford County; No. 16570; Robert Crigler, Judge.

Judgment of the Circuit Court Affirmed.

Jack Dearing, Assistant Public Defender, (at trial); and Michael J. Collins, Assistant Public Defender, Shelbyville, Tennessee, (on appeal) for the appellant, Derek Alton Badger.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Lindsy Paduch Stempel, Assistant Attorney General; Charles Crawford, District Attorney General; and Michael D. Randles, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

David H. Welles, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Norma McGee Ogle and Robert W. Wedemeyer, JJ., joined.


OPINION

Following a jury trial, the Defendant, Derek Alton Badger, was convicted of one count of aggravated sexual battery, a Class B felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-504(b). In this appeal, he contends that the State presented evidence insufficient to convict him. After our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Factual Background

During the Defendant's trial, his sister, Cynthia Badger, testified that, in April 2008, she and her three children lived at her mother's house in Bedford County. Her step-father Michael, her brother Daniel, and the Defendant also lived in the house at the time. On April 23, 2008, when Ms. Badger was giving her three-year-old daughter, C.F., a bath, Ms. Badger

In order to protect the identity of minor victims of sexual abuse, it is the policy of this Court to refer to the


Summaries of

State v. Badger

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville
Aug 25, 2010
No. M2009-01295-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 25, 2010)
Case details for

State v. Badger

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DEREK ALTON BADGER

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville

Date published: Aug 25, 2010

Citations

No. M2009-01295-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 25, 2010)

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