State of Tennessee v. Scott Allen Briggs

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The Defendant, Scott Allen Briggs, was convicted by a Blount County Circuit Court jury of rape of a child, a Class A felony, for which he is serving a thirty-five-year sentence as a Range II offender. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-522 (2018) (subsequently amended) (rape of a child, Range II or higher sentencing requirement). On appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motions to dismiss due to the State's failure to preserve evidence, (2) the court erred by instructing the jury on flight, (3) the court abused its discretion in three of its evidentiary rulings, and (4) the court erred in sentencing. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.