Taylor v. State

Appellant, Walter Taylor (“Taylor”), appeals his conviction for sexual battery on a child less than eleven years of age. On appeal, Taylor claims the trial court erred on four grounds: (i) denying Taylor’s motion to dismiss based on preindictment delay; (ii) denying Taylor’s motion for judgment of acquittal; (iii) admitting the victim’s prior identification of Taylor; and (iv) admitting impermissible comments during the State’s closing argument. We affirm on all grounds and write only to address the issue concerning the prein-dictment delay.

The State indicted Taylor in June 2009 after DNA…