State of Tennessee v. Darrell Dean Hochhalter

The defendant, Darrel Dean Hochhalter, was convicted by a Davidson County Criminal Court jury of six counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of rape.  He was sentenced to five years for each count of sexual battery by an authority figure and twelve years for the rape conviction.  The court ordered that two of the sentences for sexual battery by an authority figure and the sentence for rape be served consecutively, for an effective term of twenty-two years.  On appeal, he argues that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions; (2) the trial court erred in admitting the forensic interview of the victim at trial; and (3) the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to twenty-two years in confinement.  After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.  However, we remand for entry of a corrected judgment in Count 7 to reflect the rape conviction as a Class B felony.