Ellison v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, William Thomas Ellison, pled nolo contendere and waived jury trial in Tulsa County District Court Case No. CRF-82-3958 to the crime of Lewd Molestation of a Minor, 21 O.S.1981, § 1123. He was sentenced to three (3) years’ imprisonment.

Appellant, age 33, and his wife frequently took care of the nine-year-old victim, and her seven-year-old sister. The Ellisons were personal friends of the girl’s mother and father who were divorced. On the day of the offense the girls went to appellant’s house after school where they stayed until time for them to go to…