Finchum v. State

NEAL, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellant Jerry Finchum (Finchum), was convicted by the Morgan Superior Court without the intervention of a jury, of the offense of child molesting under IND.CODE 35-42-4-8(b), a class C felony. The trial court imposed a five year sentence of which all but six months was suspended. Finchum appeals.

We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

The evidence most favorable to support the conviction is as follows: Finchum, age 19, was employed to babysit in Finchum's home with three children, S.M., age 7, C.M., age 5, and BM., age 4, by their mother, LM. LM.…