Nixon v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with two counts of child molestation and one count of cruelty to children. L. G., a female child born December 29, 1982, lived with her grandmother and defendant, her step-grandfather. Although she recanted on the stand, her prior inconsistent statement to the police authorized the following facts: On the evening of Saturday, June 22, 1996, when L. G. was 13 years old, she and defendant were watching television in defendant’s bedroom. L. G. was wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Defendant “came over and sat on the bed with [L. G.]. .…