State of Tennessee v. Avis Neal

The Defendant, Avis Neal was convicted by a Shelby County jury of one count of rape of a child. After a sentencing hearing, he was sentenced as a Range I standard offender to twenty years in the Department of Correction. In this appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in admitting testimony concerning statements made by the victim to her mother, (2) the trial court's reasonable doubt instruction was deficient, (3) the State failed to make a proper election, (4) the evidence is insufficient to support a verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and (5) the trial court erred in denying the Defendant's motion for new trial due to the Defendant's out of court contact with a juror. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.