RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - In a historic verdict, 26-year-old Brian Jeffrey Burke, Jr. of Murfreesboro, TN has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the aggravated rape of a child, marking the first instance of the tougher penalty imposed under an amended Tennessee State law in Rutherford County. The verdict was reached swiftly by a Rutherford County jury, taking only 15 minutes after the conclusion of the three-day trial. Rutherford County Circuit Court J .
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(MURFREESBORO) A Murfreesboro man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for aggravated rape of a child. He’s the first person in Rutherford County to face the tougher penalty under an amended Tennessee State law. A Rutherford County jury only took 15-minutes to return a guilty verdict after the three-day trail of 26-year-old Brian Jeffrey Burke, Jr.
Rutherford County Circuit Court Judge James A. Turner sentenced Burke, Jr. to a mandat .
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - In a recent legal development, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee addressed an appeal filed by 36-year-old Stephen Novatne, who had previously pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine in a drug-free zone. The initial sentencing, overseen by Judge James A. Turner in Rutherford County Circuit Court, mandated an eight-year prison term. Novatne later sought re-sentencing under the 2020 amendments to the Drug-Free Zone Act, but the trial court rejected this motio .