People v. Rogers

Opinion by

Judge PIERCE.

The defendant, Thomas Rogers, appeals a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of sexual assault on a child. We reverse and remand.

I

What we perceive to be the defendant’s principal contention of error is that the trial court erred in personally escorting the child victim to and from the witness stand. He argues that the trial court’s action deprived him of a fair trial by improperly bolstering the child’s credibility. We agree that these actions constituted error.

As a preliminary matter we point out that, before any evidence was received,…