State of Tennessee v. Billy Gene Sliger

The Defendant, Billy Gene Sliger, appeals his convictions for two counts of rape of a child
and one count of aggravated sexual battery. Specifically, he argues that (1) the evidence
was insufficient to support his aggravated sexual battery conviction; (2) the trial court erred
by interrupting jury deliberations to inform the jury of the court’s schedule; (3) the State
committed prosecutorial misconduct during voir dire, opening statement, and closing
arguments; (4) the trial court erred by not requiring the State to elect an offense for count
two charging rape of a child and instead giving a modified unanimity instruction; and (5)
the trial court abused its discretion by ordering consecutive sentences. After review, we
affirm the judgments of the trial court.