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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

AT NASHVILLE  FILED  
MARCH SESSION , 1998  April 30, 1998  
Cecil W. Crowson  


Appellate Court Clerk
STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) C.C.A. NO. 01C01-9704-CC-00127
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Appellee,  )  
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)  ROBERTSON COU NTY  
VS.  )  
)  HON. ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER  
GARRETT RAINES,  )  JUDGE  
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Appe llant.  )  (Rape of a Child)  


ON APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENT OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROBERTSON CO UNTY
FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:
MICHAEL R. JONES JOHN KNOX WALKUP Public Defender Attorney General and Reporter
DARYL J. BRAND Assistant Attorney General 425 5th Avenu e North Nashville, TN 37243-0493
JOHN CARNEY District Attorney General
DENT MORRISS Assistant District Attorney General 500 Souty Main Street Springfield, TN 37172
OPINION FILED ________________________ AFFIRMED DAVID H. WELLES, JUDGE

OPINION

The Defen dant, Garrett Raines, appeals as of right pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tenn essee Rules o f Appella te Proce dure.  He was convicted by a Robertson Coun ty jury of rape of a child.1  The trial court sen tenced him to sixteen years imprisonment with the Department of Correction.  In this appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial cou rt erred in determining that the child-victim was competent to testify and that the evidenc e was leg ally insufficien t to suppo rt the verdict.  W e affirm the ju dgme nt of the trial co urt.
We begin with a summary of the pertinent facts.  The State offered the testimony of three individuals a t trial: Jackie A dams , the wife of th e Defe ndant; B.A., the victim; and Julie Rosof, an employee of the Our Kids Clinic who examined B.A. after the commission of the offense.2  The testimony of Jackie Adams principally concerned family background information.  At the time of the offense, the Defendant had been married to Adams for approximately two and a half yea rs.  Th e victim in this ca se, fou r-year-old B.A., was Adams

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