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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The DeSoto County District Attorney has filed a motion to resentence a former youth minister convicted of sexual battery of a minor on Monday.

Thursday, District Attorney Matthew Barton filed the motion requesting the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Miss. amend the sentence given to Lindsey Whiteside, who pleaded guilty to the sexual battery charge.

Whiteside, a former youth minister at Getwell Church in Hernando, Miss., and a former basketball coach at DeSoto Central High Schoo

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