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STATE v. SHELTON

851 S.W.2d 134 (1993)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. William SHELTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Walcher, D. Clifton Barnes, Office of the Public Defender, Morristown, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, John B. Nisbet, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

Defendant William Shelton appeals his conviction for two counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of aggravated rape. Because the state was permitted to present evidence of many instances of his sexual abuse of the victims, he challenges the state's failure to elect the particular offenses for which it sought convictions. We conclude that the trial court erred by not requiring an election as mandated by Burlison v...

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