Stewart v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in appellant’s conviction of Child Molesting, a Class B felony, for which he received a sentence of fifteen (15) years.

The facts are: Ten-year-old T.C. and his three-year-old brother M.C. were playing in a park near their home in Evansville when they saw appellant. T.C. testified that he knew appellant, and they were friends at one time. Appellant told T.C. to go away, so he went over to the sandbox area. From there he watched appellant pull down M.C.’s pants to his knees, then M.C. sat on the top portion of a picnic table. Appellant sat on the bench…