United States of America v. Cody Ray Brewer

Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children.

Cody Ray Brewer, age 30, of Saulsbury, Tennessee, engaged in various illegal sexual acts with a minor at a residence in Hardeman County, Tennessee in early January 2025, and that he set up a camera in the minor’s bedroom to record those acts. Following the execution of a search warrant at the residence, investigators found several sexually explicit videos on the device that Brewer used to record the videos and on Brewer’s cell phone.

Brewer was later charged with one count of using and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct, one count of being a person with custody or control of a minor who knowingly permitted the minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct, and one count of possessing a cell phone that contained visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Following his guilty plea to the three-count indictment, United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Brewer to 70 years in prison and ten years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, "Child exploitation and production of child pornography is an abhorrent offense that scars the victimized children forever. For his depraved and predatory behavior, Brewer deserves this effective life sentence in prison, where he can never hurt another child.”

This case was investigated by members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bolivar Police Department, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, and the Horn Lake, Mississippi Police Department.

Assistant United States Attorney Josh Morrow prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 70 years in prison.