State v. Wagoner

MARTIN, John C., Judge.

Defendant was charged in a bill of indictment with one count of statutory sexual offense, in violation of G.S. § 14-27.4 (1993), and one count of indecent liberties with a child, in violation of G.S. § 14-202.1 (1993). He entered pleas of not guilty.

The evidence at trial tended to show that defendant’s niece, who was then two years and eight months old, reported to her mother an incident which occurred on or about 14 July 1995, in which defendant had touched her vaginal area with his finger. Two subsequent medical examinations of the child indicated some trauma of a…