Philson v. State

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Brandon Philson appeals his conviction for Class B felony child molesting. Brandon, who was seventeen years old at the time of the alleged offense, was charged in adult court with two counts of rape and three counts of child molesting pursuant to Indiana’s automatic jurisdiction statute, Indiana Code § 31-30-1-4. Rape is enumerated in the statute, but child molesting is not. The child molesting charges, however, were properly joined with the rape charges pursuant to another subsection of the statute. Brandon was ultimately acquitted of both rape charges and…