Wooten v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Kenneth R. Wooten appeals his conviction of four counts of child molestation. Wooten contends that the trial court erred (1) in its assignment of cases in violation of Uniform Superior Court Rule (USCR) 3.1, (2) by allowing the admission of the victim’s prior consistent statements prior to her testimony, and (3) by removing a juror during the third day of deliberations.

1. In Wooten’s initial appeal, he contended that the trial court erred in denying his motion for legal case assignment and in using a party litigant to assign cases in…