Carter v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Orville Carter received a sixty-year prison sentence for molesting his autistic eight-year-old daughter. - He claims that the child's word was not sufficient evidence. He also asserts that the trial court committed fundamental errors that rendered his trial unfair. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

M.C. is a highly intelligent child who sometimes makes inappropriate comments because she is autistic. On May 25, 1999, M.C.'s mother Jessica Carter talked with her about subjects that are "personal" and not for public discussion. 1 M.C. asked if weather was…