State v. Taylor

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant, William H. Taylor, was convicted on two counts of aggravated rape. The trial judge sentenced defendant to serve twenty-four years on each count. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, and this Court granted permission to appeal, to consider whether consecutive sentencing was proper.

On 14 September 1984, the Davidson County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging defendant with two counts of aggravated rape of defendant’s daughter. The victim was seven years old at the time of the alleged incidents. At trial,…