Lascassas Man Convicted of Child Rape Denied a New Trial by TN Supreme Courts

Aug 23, 2016 at 09:03 am by bryan


The Tennessee Supreme Court has officially denied a petition for a new trial for Rutherford County Sex Offender Mark Looney. The Lascassas man was previously convicted for the rape of a child. The conviction will stand, according to the order filed by the courts on Thursday, August 18, 2016.

Mark Tracy Looney was convicted on four counts of rape of a child, one count of felony child abuse, and one count of misdemeanor child abuse in 2012. The trial court ordered the Defendant to serve an effective sentence of fifty years in prison.

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According to a past report from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, "Looney was accused of raping the girl, then telling her not to tell anyone or he would go to jail." Detective Lisa McCallum of the Family Crimes Unit said the girl waited several months before coming forward with the allegations.

Looney will remain behind bars as originally sentenced in the Rutherford County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Keith Siskin. Looney is not eligible for parole and will be released from prison when his sentence ends in year 2064. Of course at that time, he will be 101 years old.

Looney is housed at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex. He is listed as being violent against children. This month (D.O.B. 8/10/1963), he turned 53 years old.

Source:

No. M2014-01168-CCA-R3-CD - Filed April 7, 2016

Official Appeal Denial filed on 8/18/16

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