State of Tennessee v. Daniel Stephen Collins
Syllabus
The Defendant, Daniel Stephen Collins, was convicted by a Hawkins County jury of the aggravated sexual battery of his eight-year-old daughter, a Class B felony, and was sentenced by the trial court to nine years at 100% in the Department of Correction. The Defendant raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain his conviction (2) whether the trial court erred by not qualifying the victim as a competent witness and by allowing the prosecutor to lead her testimony and (3) whether the presentment was constitutionally defective because it failed to charge the crime for which he was convicted. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Judges: Judge Alan E. Glenn
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