Lanham v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Donny Lanham appeals from his convictions for child molesting and criminal confinement.

Lanham was charged with the above offenses after he went to the home of an acquaintance, removed the nine-year old daughter of the acquaintance, the victim, as she slept, and carried her to a nearby lot and molested her. Accompanying Lanham was Richard Burchett, who was also charged with molesting the victim that night in a separate cause. At trial, the victim testified that several men had put a blanket over her face and taken her from her home to the lot and molested…