Carpenter v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Christopher Michael Carpenter was convicted on two counts of lustful touching of a child and sentenced to fifteen years on each count to be served in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with the sentences to run consecutively and fifteen years to be suspended, and five years of post-release supervision. Carpenter appeals his convictions, and finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 2009, Carpenter was living with his girlfriend and her seven-year-old daughter, “Hope.”1 On March 14, 2009, Hope stayed overnight at…