Pierce v. State

BOGGS, Justice.

Appellant Matthew Caleb Pierce was tried before a jury and found guilty on six counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual battery, and one count each of sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of Hydromorphone, and distribution of Alprazolam.1 The crimes involved acts with three teenage boys, B. M., M. T., and D. D. Pierce filed his appeal in the Court of Appeals, which transferred the case to this Court because it *390raises the issue of the constitutionality of a statute, an issue over which this Court has exclusive…