Opinion
No. W2009-01612-CCA-R3-CD.
Assigned on Briefs May 4, 2010.
Filed June 10, 2010.
Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Madison County; No. 08-387; Donald H. Allen, Judge.
Judgments of the Circuit Court Affirmed.
George Morton Googe, District Public Defender; and Gregory D. Gookin, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant, Dominic Delvekio Carter.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Clarence E. Lutz, Assistant Attorney General; James G. (Jerry) Woodall, District Attorney General; and Shaun A. Brown, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Alan E. Glenn, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which J.C. McLin and D. Kelly Thomas, JR., JJ., joined.
OPINION
Following a jury trial, the defendant, Dominic Delvekio Carter, was convicted of three counts of aggravated rape, one count of aggravated burglary, and one count of theft of property under $500. The trial court sentenced the defendant as a multiple rapist to an effective sentence of fifty years at 100% in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentencing. Based upon our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
FACTS
The victim, B.F., testified that on September 21, 2007, she and her boyfriend lived together in a Jackson apartment. Her boyfriend was out of town at the time, and the victim
It is the policy of this court to refer to victims of sexual offenses by their initials.