The State v. Watson

McMlLLIAN, Judge.

In 1996, J. W. reported that she had been raped by a stranger. Nearly sixteen years later, the State obtained a match from the DNA evidence and arrested Kelvin Watson, but he was not indicted for the rape until 2015. After the trial court granted Watson’s plea in bar, the State appealed, 1 asserting that (1) the indictment was filed within the applicable statute of limitation and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in finding that the applicable tolling provision did not apply. For the reasons that follow, we find no error and affirm.

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