State v. Johnson

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction on six counts of lewd or lascivious conduct with a child, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2602. He argues that the trial court erred by (1) failing to instruct the jury on the effect of the statute of limitations; (2) instructing the jury that causing a child to touch the child’s own body may constitute a lewd or lascivious act “upon or with the body” of a child; (3) not granting a mistrial in light of the prosecution’s improper questioning of a witness and closing argument; and (4) denying his motion for severance. We affirm.

Defendant worked as a…