State v. Madsen

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the appellant William Kraig Madsen’s conviction for molestation of a child, sexual abuse with a minor under fifteen and two counts of sexual conduct with a minor under eighteen. The issues on appeal are whether the trial court correctly:

1) instructed the jury concerning the necessary elements of child molestation under A.R.S. § 13-1410;

2) instructed the jury that society’s standards, not an individual’s standards, must be used to determine whether certain acts are “abnormal” or “unnatural” under the statute, and

3) excluded evidence of the…