Shropshire v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellant, Timothy Shropshire, was convicted of four counts of rape, four counts of incest, five counts of aggravated child sodomy, three counts of aggravated child molestation, four counts of child molestation, and two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, with all offenses involving his two stepdaughters. This appeal follows the denial of Shropshire’s motion for new trial.

Both victims, who were ten and eleven years old at the time of the trial, testified in graphic detail about numerous sexual encounters with Shropshire. It was not until the younger victim…