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Starks found not guilty of abuse By GINA KINSLOWGlasgow Daily Times Garrett also pointed out that in photos taken on April 7, 2007, of the boy’s bruised backside show a handprint and that Graves testified that he had spanked his children with his hand, but that he had used a belt in the past.
He also pointed out to the jury that Starks testified that she did not spank the boy, even though the child said she spanked him with a belt. “The evidence shows there are handprints all over this child’s hind end,” Garrett said, pointing to an image projected on a movie screen of photos of the boy’s bruised bottom. In his opening statements, which he reserved for near the end of the trial, Garrett pointed out that Starks told Kentucky State Police Trooper Michael Dubree that she went to her mother’s home in Scottsville on April 6. Starks’ mother, Willa, testified that her daughter was not with Graves and his children on the day of the alleged beating, but was with her. Graves also testified that Starks went to her mother’s home on that day and that she spent the night. While deliberating the case, the jury asked to view a video of Graves’ testimony. Now that the trial is over, Starks plans to move forward with her life. “For the past year this has been overclouding me,” she said. “Now, hopefully, this is a beginning where I can go ahead and try to live my life.” Drug charges pending against Starks were continued in March, according to Monroe County Circuit Court records. No action was taken in regard to those charges. The trial was moved to Cumberland County because a jury could not be seated in Monroe County. According to state law, if a jury cannot be seated in the county where the alleged crime took place, the trial is moved to the closest county in the same judicial district. The 40th Circuit Court judicial district is comprised of Monroe, Cumberland and Clinton counties. 
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