State v. Brown

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Before the Court is John Edward Brown who appeals as a matter of right pursuant to Rule 3(b), Tenn.R.App.P., from the judgment of the Davidson County Criminal Court finding him guilty of rape. Appellant was sentenced to serve eight years in the Department of Correction as a Range I offender. Five issues are presented for appellate review, including a challenge to the sufficiency of the convicting evidence.

The convicting evidence was predicated almost entirely upon the testimony of the victim who, at the time of the offense on January 3, 1989, was 13 years old. She alleged,…