Following a jury trial, Andrew Wightman was convicted on two counts of rape,1 two counts of statutory rape,2 two counts of aggravated child molestation,3 two counts of aggravated sexual battery,4 and six counts of child molestation.5 He appeals the guilty verdict on the two counts of rape, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support those convictions. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in a light most favorable to the verdict and Wightman no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.” Punctuation omitted. Berry v. State .6 In evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, we do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty of the charged offenses beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia .7
So viewed, the record shows that on December 30, 2004, 13-year-old Va. H. confided to her best friend and her best friend’s mother that over the past couple of years, she had been sexually abused by Andrew Wightman, who was her father’s friend and lived with Va. H., her father, her 15-year-old sister Vi. H., and Vi. H.’s two-year-old daughter. The next day, her friend’s mother took Va. H. to meet with the police and to report Wightman’s abuse. Va. H. told the investigator who interviewed her that Wightman had begun sexually abusing her when she was 11 years old by taking her four-wheeling and having her sit on his lap while he got an erection. Va. H. explained that Wightman took photographs of her in the nude and eventually forced her into engaging in sexual intercourse by threatening to distribute the photographs around her school if she did not comply with his demands. Va. H. told the investigator that over the next couple of years, she engaged in sexual intercourse and other sexual acts with Wightman on numerous occasions. She also described a specific instance when she, Wightman, and her older sister, Vi. H., played a game of “truth or dare,” during which Wightman exposed his privates. When the police interview was concluded, her friend’s mother took Va. H. to a sexual assault crisis center, where she was examined by a sexual assault nurse. In the course of that examination, the nurse found physical evidence that Va. H. had been sexually penetrated numerous times.
