A Hamilton County man won a court victory in his child rape case but still must spend 50 years behind bars, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled.
Glenn B. Howard was indicted on five counts of child rape and one count of aggravated sexual battery, court records show.
A jury convicted Howard of four counts of child rape and one count of aggravated sexual battery as charged, plus one count of aggravated sexual battery as a lesser included offense of child rape.
The appeals court said the conviction for battery as a lesser included offense was improper and vacated the conviction on that count. But the judges upheld the remaining convictions and 50-year sentence.