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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DEMETRIONA CHAMEREE HARPER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 10, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Manuel B. Russ (on appeal) and Courtney Teasley (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Demetriona Chameree Harper.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ryan W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Chantley Frazier, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

Defendant, Demetriona Chameree Harper, was convicted at a jury trial of rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery, and assault, for which she received an effective twenty-five-year sentence. On appeal, Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her convictions for rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery, the trial court’s admission of the recording of the victim’s forensic interview, the trial court’s exclusion of records from the Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”), the trial court’s limiting the defense’s cross-examination of witnesses and presentation of proof, and the State’s recording of a meeting between defense counsel and the defense investigator at the District Attorney General’s Office. Upon review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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