Trial pushed back again for ex-Creek Wood coach accused of rape
The trial of a former Creek Wood High School girls basketball coach indicted for raping a teen has been pushed back a second time.
Trial pushed back again for ex-Creek Wood coach accused of rape The trial of a former Creek Wood High School girls basketball coach indicted for raping a teen has been pushed back a second time. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: http://tnne.ws/2oHvOeL
Chris Gadd, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 5:50 a.m. CT April 5, 2017
Tom Mullinicks(Photo: File)
Tom Mullinicks, 46, of Dickson, was scheduled to stand trial last week. However, the new trial date will now be determined next week.
Assistant District Attorney Carey Thompson said the delay is partially due to Mullinicks' attorney, Jennifer Thompson, preparing for jury selection in the Holly Bobo murder trial in Decaturville. Thompson also represents Zachary Adams who is charged with premeditated murder and murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape in the Bobo trial.
Also, Carey Thompson said several of the prosecution's witnesses were away at college during the trial date last week.
The trial was originally scheduled for October last year but the video during the discovery process did not record properly, according to court officials.
In April last year, Mullinicks was arrested after the Dickson County Grand Jury indicted him on four counts of rape, four counts of rape by an authority figure, and one count of solicitation of a minor, according to the Dickson County Sheriff's Office.
The grand jury indictment contained nine total felony charges, including four counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, four counts of rape and one count of solicitation of a minor for sexual activity.
According to the grand jury indictment, Mullinicks is charged with four counts of allegedly raping a single victim, between the age of 13 and 18, on dates ranging from Oct. 1, 2015, and Feb. 26, 2016; and using his position of trust and power over the victim "to accomplish" the sexual activity.
The indictment also charges Mullinicks with four counts of alleged rape of the same victim during the same time frame; and one count of allegedly soliciting the victim via "electronic communication" to "engage in sexual activity."
Mullinicks was released from jail in May last year on $75,000 bond.
Last year, Mullinicks resigned at Creek Wood High School on April 18. He initially resigned his CWHS girls head basketball position during the week of March 6, but remained on administrative leave for his teaching position.
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