Randall v. State

Willie Randall was charged with lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molestation, and lewd or lascivious conduct. Randall was tried before a jury which found him not guilty of counts I and II, the battery and molestation charges, but did find him guilty of count III, lewd or lascivious conduct by way of solicitation.

Randall was adjudicated guilty as to count III and sentenced to a term of seven years imprisonment, followed by eight years of sex offender probation. We reverse and remand for a discharge.

A.J. was a fourteen-year-old middle school student at the time that the incident…