Thrasher v. State

OPINION

PARKS, Judge:

The appellant, Archie Ray Thrasher, Sr., was charged in the District Court of Carter County, Case No. CRF-83-251, with the offenses of Sodomy, Count I, and Lewd Molestation, Count II. The appellant was tried on both counts. Count I, however, was removed from the jury’s consideration by the trial judge, but the appellant was convicted on Count II. His sentence was set at a term of ten (10) years’ imprisonment. We reverse.

The prosecutrix, D.W., an eleven-year-old girl, resided at the appellant’s residence in Gene Autry, Oklahoma, in January through May of 1983. Also residing…