STATE v. BLACKSTOCK


19 S.W.3d 200 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee v. Sherman Winchester BLACKSTOCK.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ardena J. Garth, District Public Defender, and Donna Robinson Miller, Assistant District Public Defender, Chattanooga, Tennessee (On Appeal); and Karla G. Gothard, Executive District Public Defender, Chattanooga, Tennessee (At Trial), for the appellant, Sherman Winchester Blackstock

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, and Todd R. Kelley, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee (On Appeal); and Gary D. Gerbitz, District Attorney General, and Bates W. Bryan, Jr. and Rebecca J. Stern, Assistant District Attorneys General, Chattanooga, Tennessee (At Trial), for the appellee, State of Tennessee


OPINION

Chief Justice ANDERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The defendant, who has an IQ of 55 and functions on the level of an eight to nine-year old child, was convicted by a jury for the aggravated sexual battery of a seven-year-old female. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court's findings that the defendant was competent to stand trial, that the defendant voluntarily, knowingly...

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