State of Tennessee v. Frederick Herron

OPINION

in which SHARON G. LEE, C.J., and GARY R. WADE, and HOLLY KIRBY, JJ., joined. JEFFREY S. BIVINS, J., not participating.

The defendant was charged with and convicted of rape of a child, and he received a twenty-five-year sentence. The defendant appealed, raising seven issues. The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial court erred by .(l) allowing the prosecution to introduce the child’s prior consistent statement, a recorded forensic interview, during its case-in-chief before the child’s credibility had been challenged; and (2) ruling that if the defendant chose to testify the…