Jeffery Parks was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison.

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In 2003, Jeffery Parks “pled guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest and two counts of statutory rape of a 15 year old.” Parks, stated that he was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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    The Appellant, Jeffery Brian Parks, appeals from the sentencing decision of the Lincoln County
    Circuit Court. In 2003, Parks pled guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two
    counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court
    sentenced Parks, as a Range I standard offender, to six years for each count of sexual battery by an
    authority figure and incest, both class C felonies, and to two years for each count of statutory rape,
    a class E felony. These sentences were ordered to be served concurrently in the Department of
    Correction.

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