Casselman v. State

CONOVER, Presiding Judge.

After a bench trial, the judge convicted Arlo Casselman (Casselman) of two counts of child molesting and one count of sexual battery. IND.CODE 35-42-4-3(c), (d); IC 35-42-4-8. He received concurrent sentences of four, one and one-half, and one and one-half years. Casselman directly appeals his conviction of fondling S.S., a three year old girl, based on witness incompetency, improper admission of a videotaped statement, and insufficient evidence.

We affirm.

Casselman raises three restated issues for our review:

1. whether the trial court abused its discretion in finding…