State v. Michaelis

HUDSON, Judge.

At the 18 November 2003 Criminal Session of the Superior Court in Randolph County, defendant Stephen Guy Michaelis appeared pursuant to indictments for two counts of indecent liberties with a child and one count of first degree rape. A jury found defendant guilty of one count of indecent liberties with a child, and the court sentenced him to 16-20 months in prison. Defendant appeals. For the reasons discussed below, we find no error.

The evidence tended to show that, in 2000, when T.C. was nine years old and defendant was sixteen, their families were close friends, and defendant…