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Cory Batey: State appeals sentence in Vanderbilt rape case
Source: The Tennessean
State appeals sentence in Vanderbilt rape case
Stacey Barchenger, 2:25 p.m. CDT September 13, 2016
Prosecutors have asked for a new sentencing hearing for former Vanderbilt University football player Cory Batey, who is serving a 15-year prison term in the gang rape of an unconscious woman more than three years ago.
In a motion released Tuesday, prosecutors argue they were not appropriately given notice of letters and messages submitted to a judge in support of Batey prior to his July sentencing hearing. They say they were not allowed to contest the appropriateness of those letters and thus did not get their day in court.
The motion says 11 emails or letters were sent directly to Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins before the sentencing but those were not used in court nor turned over to the state. Prosecutors Roger Moore and Jan Norman say in their motion that because they did not know about those letters, the court wrongly relied on those communications in handing down the sentence.
Watkins sentenced Batey, 22, to the minimum term possible for his convictions, 15 years.
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Stacey Barchenger, 2:25 p.m. CDT September 13, 2016
Prosecutors have asked for a new sentencing hearing for former Vanderbilt University football player Cory Batey, who is serving a 15-year prison term in the gang rape of an unconscious woman more than three years ago.
In a motion released Tuesday, prosecutors argue they were not appropriately given notice of letters and messages submitted to a judge in support of Batey prior to his July sentencing hearing. They say they were not allowed to contest the appropriateness of those letters and thus did not get their day in court.
The motion says 11 emails or letters were sent directly to Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins before the sentencing but those were not used in court nor turned over to the state. Prosecutors Roger Moore and Jan Norman say in their motion that because they did not know about those letters, the court wrongly relied on those communications in handing down the sentence.
Watkins sentenced Batey, 22, to the minimum term possible for his convictions, 15 years.
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Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/09/13/state-appeals-sentence-vanderbilt-rape-case/90317248/