Terrence T. Walker v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Terrence T. Walker appeals his conviction for class C felony child molesting involving fondling or touching. He argues that the victim’s father made several inadmissible statements concerning Walker’s guilt, resulting in fundamental error. He also argues that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on class D felony sexual battery because it is a lesser-included offense. Finally, he argues that the trial court abused its discretion in replacing a juror because that juror was the only African-American juror.

We conclude that fundamental error did…