Double jeopardy may allow Rutherford County rape convict less time in prison

A man convicted in Rutherford County on two counts of the "Rape of a Child" and two counts of "Aggravated Sexual Battery" is wanting a new trial. Nicholas Keith Phillips of Leanna Road received a forty-year sentence to be served at 100%, but now contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the convictions and that his dual convictions for the offenses violate principles of double jeopardy.