State v. Locklear

GREENE, Judge.

Patrick Telly Locklear (Defendant) appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree statutory rape in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.7A(a).

The State’s evidence shows that on 13 August 1996, Defendant had vaginal intercourse with a thirteen-year-old female (H.E.) who was born on 19 November 1982. A few days after this occurrence, H.E. eventually told her mother she had sexual intercourse with Defendant. On 19 August 1996, Detective Donna Freeman Halliburton (Halliburton) of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Department took a statement from H.E., which disclosed the…