Child Rapist receives Maximum Sentence

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Child Abuse Unit obtained the maximum sentence allowed under the law against a man who raped a twelve-year-old boy. Anthony Demarcus Martin, 41, was convicted by a jury in November of Rape of a Child. Today, Judge Scott Green sentenced Martin to forty years in prison without the possibility of parole to run consecutive to a seven-year sentence in another case.

At trial, Assistant District Attorneys Rachel Russell and Nate Ogle explained to the jury that four years ago, when the victim was twelve, the victim went to Martin’s house to play video games. During the course of the evening, the victim fell asleep but woke up to being raped by Martin. The victim did not report the rape to authorities until years later.

“This sex offender will not be able to harm another child because of the bravery of a young man who had the courage to come forward and confront his accuser,” said DA Charme Allen.

Martin has previously been convicted of Statutory Rape by an Authority Figure for a March 2014 case involving a different child. He was also convicted of Aggravated Assault following a fight at the movie theatre in Knoxville Center Mall in April 2012 where Martin punched a sixteen-year-old child then repeatedly kicked the child in the head until the child lost consciousness. The child was taken to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull, contusions, and bleeding of the brain.

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