State v. Holcomb
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Judge.
The defendant-appellant, David Franklin Holcomb, was indicted for aggravated rape and found guilty of the lesser offense of rape. As a result, he was sentenced to six to ten years imprisonment. On appeal he challenges (1) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict; (2) the trial court’s limitation on the admissibility of expert testimony offered by the defendant; (3) efforts by the State to show that the victim contracted gonorrhea as a result of her contact with the defendant; (4) the trial court’s ruling on the admissibility of an extrajudicial…
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