Following a jury trial, Tyrone Crane was convicted on one count of child molestation.1 He appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. 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 Crane no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.” Punctuation omitted. Berry v. State .2 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 .3
So viewed, the record shows that on November 21, 2004, Crane went to the home of his former girlfriend, who was the mother of his ten year-old daughter T. C., to ask if he could take T. C. shopping. T. C.’s mother agreed, and the two left for their outing. After they had finished shopping, they returned to Crane’s home. While there, Crane took T. C. into a bedroom, pulled down her skirt, and put his finger into her privates. Crane told T. C. not to tell anyone about his actions and, shortly thereafter, drove her to her grandmother’s house, where her mother had planned for her to stay that night. Crane then went back to T. C.’s mother’s house to watch television with her mother. After a few minutes, T. C.’s mother received a phone call from the grandmother, informing her that she had found blood in T. C.’s underwear and that T. C. had claimed that Crane had molested her. During that phone conversation, Crane abruptly left the mother’s house. Following the phone call, T. C.’s mother took T. C. to the police station to report the incident. The next day, T. C. was examined by a doctor at a local hospital and later was interviewed about the incident and more thoroughly examined at a local resource center for abused children. The second examination revealed that T. C. had suffered a minor abrasion to her privates that was consistent with sexual abuse.
