who was the defense attorney in corey batey trial

Who is Cory Batey and what was his sentence?

Aug 04, 2016 · Batey’s family has hired Nashville lawyer Peter Strianse, a criminal defense lawyer who splits time in state and federal courts, for that process.

What happened in the Vanderbilt rape retrial for Cory Batey?

Aug 04, 2016 · Batey had two weeks to file for a new trial challenging his conviction. He was being held in the Riverbend Maximum Security Prison. The name of attorney Peter Strianse may sound familiar. It should.

Who are Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey?

Dec 13, 2019 · State of Tennessee v. Cory Lamont Batey. M2017-02440-CCA-R3-CD. A Davidson County Criminal Court Jury convicted the Appellant, Cory Lamont Batey, of one count of aggravated rape, a Class A felony; two counts of attempted aggravated rape, a Class B felony; one count of facilitation of aggravated rape, a Class B felony; and three counts of ...

What happened to Matthew Batey?

Apr 08, 2016 · Posted at 5:38 AM, Apr 08, 2016. and last updated 4:55 PM, Apr 09, 2016. After more than two hours of deliberation, the jury reached a verdict in the Vanderbilt Rape Retrial of Cory Batey. He was ...

Rape

On June 23, 2013, four Vanderbilt Commodores football team players, Brandon Vandenburg, Cory Lamont Batey, Brandon E. Banks, and Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie carried an unconscious 21-year-old female student into a dorm room in the school's Gilette House dorm.

Case

The players were dismissed from the football team on June 29, 2013, and banned from campus during the six-week investigation that followed. On August 9, 2013, they were arrested and indicted for aggravated rape and sexual battery. All four men were charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery.

External links

"Police Find Video of Victim's Rape by Vanderbilt Football Players," ABC News, January 31, 2015 (video).

Possible defense strategies

Jim Todd, a Nashville lawyer and former prosecutor who has analyzed the case for The Tennessean, said there is no combating what photographs and videos of the rape show happened in the dorm room.

The woman's testimony

The woman who, according to prior trial testimony, was carried into the dorm, put on the floor and then repeatedly sexually assaulted and photographed is expected to testify on Friday as the state's last witness. She previously said she does not remember the incident.

Will Batey testify?

When Batey testified in the previous trial, he did not deny his participation in the rape, and even identified himself in some of the images. He said he was drunk and did not remember what happened.

What Batey told police, Dr. Phil

Because Batey is not standing trial at the same time as Vandenburg, rules that prohibit the use of evidence that implicates a co-defendant no longer apply. That means prosecutors are freed up to use more details of what Batey told police, if they choose to do so. Batey could also try and shift the blame to Vandenburg, Todd said.