State of Tennessee v. Raymond Writer

A Sullivan County jury convicted the defendant, Raymond Writer, of rape of a child. The trial court accordingly sentenced the defendant to serve twenty-five years for this conviction at 100%, as mandated by statute. The defendant now brings this direct appeal of his conviction, challenging (1) the trial court’s decision to allow the prosecution to impeach defense witness Gwen Bunnell, (2) the trial court’s decision to allow the testimony of two physicians who repeated the victim’s statements identifying the defendant as the perpetrator, (3) the trial court’s decision to allow the prosecution to introduce the rebuttal testimony of Amy Harris, and (4) the cumulative effect of these testimonies as unduly prejudicial. For the following reasons, we find that none of his allegations merit relief.