State v. Melgar-Argueta

TYSON, Judge.

I. Background

A jury found Ricardo Melgar-Argueta ("Defendant") to be guilty of statutory sexual offense with a person who is fifteen years of age by a defendant who is at least six years older. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.7A(a) (2013) (codified as N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.30(a) (2015) effective Dec. 1, 2015). The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on a related charge of statutory rape of the same fifteen-year-old. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.7A(a) (codified as N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.25(a) (2015) effective Dec. 1, 2015).

The State's evidence tended to show Defendant was born on…