State v. Moses

BILLINGS, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of raping Shanta Renee Hyatt on 15 February 1982 when the victim was eleven years old, the defendant being over the age of twelve and more than four years older than the victim, and of engaging in vaginal intercourse with her on 16 March 1984 while living in the home with her and her mother and having assumed the role of parent.

The victim testified to a pattern of sexual activity, which she said the defendant referred to as “training,” over a period from February of 1982 until March of 1984, interrupted by periods when the defendant served time…