· 12/9/2020

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DONALD HOLLON RUNIONS

Syllabus

The Defendant, Donald Hollon Runions, was convicted of two counts of violation of the Child Protection Act, Class A felonies four counts of rape of a child, Class A felonies and two counts of aggravated sexual battery, Class B felonies, and he was sentenced to an effective term of fifty years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions (2) the Child Protection Act, Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-518,is unconstitutional and (3) case law applied in his case to allow certain credibility evidence should be overturned. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Judges: Judge Alan E. Glenn

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