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STATE v. STOKES

24 S.W.3d 303 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee v. Billy Joe STOKES.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Sowell, Dickson, TN, for appellant, Billy Joe Stokes.

Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Elizabeth T. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General; Nashville, TN, for appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for Humphreys County, which convicted the defendant, Billy Joe Stokes, of two counts of statutory rape as lesser included offenses of rape. The indictment alleged only rape, but the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions on the ground...

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