State v. Rucker

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The appellant, Johnny Rucker, was convicted of aggravated rape, a Class A felony, by a jury of his peers. The trial court found that the appellant was a standard offender and imposed a Range I sentence of twenty (20) years in the Department of Correction.

The appellant contends that the trial court committed error of prejudicial dimension in permitting the State to introduce statements made by the victim’s mother to a nurse in the emergency room of a hospital, a nurse practitioner who was called to examine the victim, and a social worker employed by the hospital.

The…