State v. Loughton

HOWE, Justice:

Defendant Paul Loughton was charged with sexual abuse of his three-year-old daughter. He was convicted of lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor. He appeals.

In July of 1983, defendant and his wife separated. She filed for divorce in October of 1983, and the trial was set for February of 1984. She had custody of the couple’s three-year-old daughter, and he had visitation rights during the separation pending the trial. In January of 1984 on the way home from a visit with her father, the little girl reportedly said to her mother: “Guess what, daddy didn’t poke my bottom…