State of Tennessee v. Bruce Anton Parks, Jr.

A Bradley County Criminal Court Jury convicted the appellant, Bruce Anton Parks, Jr., of aggravated rape and aggravated robbery, and the trial court sentenced him to twenty-five years and six years, respectively, to be served consecutively. On appeal, the appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the convictions, that the trial court committed plain error by failing to declare a mistrial when the State questioned a police officer about whether anyone had provided an alibi for the appellant, and that his effective thirty-one-year sentence is excessive. Based upon the oral arguments, the record, and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.