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· 3/1/2022

State of Tennessee v. Robert M. Atwell, Jr.

Syllabus

Defendant, Robert M. Atwell, Jr., was convicted by a jury of one count of violating the sex offender registry. The trial court imposed a sentence of one year, with ninety days incarceration, and the remainder to be served on probation. On appeal, Defendant argues that: the trial court erred by admitting specific evidence of his prior sexual offenses after he offered to stipulate his status as a sex offender his conviction for violation of the sex offender registry violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of both the United States and Tennessee Constitutions there was a fatal variance between the indictment and the proof presented at trial and there was cumulative error. Following our review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Judges: Judge Jill Bartee Ayers

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