Mississippi Appeals Court Upholds 75 Year Prison Term for HIV-Positive Man Who had Unprotected Sex With Gay Teen

On April 19 the Court of Appeals of Mississippi affirmed a 75-year prison sentence for Timothy Allen McCoy, who was convicted of four counts of sexual battery and one count of exposing another to HIV.  McCoy did not argue on appeal that he did not engage in the conduct charged against him, but he claimed that the trial judge was biased, resulting in an excessive sentence, and the evidence did not support his conviction.  Judge … <Read More>