State of Tennessee v. James Paul Kinard

The defendant, James Paul Kinard, was convicted of three counts of rape of a child, a Class A felony, and one count of aggravated sexual battery, a Class B felony. He was sentenced to twenty-five years for each Class A felony conviction and twelve years for the Class B felony conviction. The sentences for the Class A felonies were ordered to be served consecutively, and the sentence for the Class B felony was to be served concurrently for an effective seventy-five-year sentence. On appeal, the defendant argues that: the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; the trial court abused its discretion in finding that the victim's prior allegations of abuse were inadmissible; and the defendant was sentenced improperly. After careful review, we affirm the judgments from the trial court.