State v. Haywood, Unpublished Decision (6-7-2001)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

This is an appeal of a conviction following a jury trial before Judge Christine T. McMonagle and Visiting Judge John L. Angellotta.1 Appellant Christian Haywood claims that he cannot and should not be subject to a rape conviction for consensual sexual conduct with the twelve-year-old victim. He asserts, inter alia, that his conviction is not supported by the evidence or it is unconstitutional. We do not agree and affirm.

In August 1998, Haywood, then twenty-two years old, had sexual intercourse with T.T., then two months past her twelfth birthday. In September 1998,…