State v. Douglas

*500ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT THE COURT APPEALS

Justice WALLER:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in State v. Douglas, 367 S.C. 498, 626 S.E.2d 59 (2006). We affirm, in result, and reverse in part.

FACTS

Petitioner, William R. Douglas, was convicted of committing a lewd act on a minor. The Victim, who was 10 years old at the time of trial, testified she was molested by Douglas when she was 7 years old. When the Victim told her Grandmother about the abuse one year later, she was taken to see Gwen Herod, the Sumter County Victim’s Assistance Officer.

Herod testified…