State of Tennessee v. Simon Dean Porter

Syllabus

A Lawrence County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, Simon Dean Porter, for aggravated rape of a child and aggravated child abuse of his sixteen-month-old son. A jury convicted the Defendant as charged, and the trial court imposed an effective sentence of eighty-five years. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-531, 39-15-402(a)(1). On appeal, the Defendant argues: (1) the trial court erred in admitting deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) proof connecting him to these offenses (2) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting photographs of the victim's injuries (3) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions and (4) the trial court abused its discretion in imposing consecutive sentencing. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.