State of Tennessee v. Ryan Kelley McElrath

The Defendant, Ryan Kelley McElrath, pled guilty in the Madison County Circuit Court in case number 24-874 to three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, a Class B felony, and two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, a Class C felony. The trial court sentenced the Defendant to concurrent terms of nine years for each statutory rape by an authority figure conviction and concurrent terms of three years for each sexual battery by an authority figure conviction and ordered that the effective three-year sentence be served consecutively to the effective nine-year sentence, for a total effective sentence of twelve years’ incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in applying the particularly-vulnerable-victim enhancement factor and in ordering consecutive sentences. Based on our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.