State v. Callaghan

DILLON, Judge.

Defendant Michael James Callaghan was convicted by a jury of statutory rape and statutory sexual offense for conduct he engaged in with Evie1 , a fifteen-year-old friend of his step-daughter. Defendant appeals from the trial court's judgment entered upon those convictions. Defendant asserts that the trial court improperly excluded certain evidence and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. After careful review, we conclude that Defendant received a fair trial, free from reversible error.

I. Background

Sometime prior to April 2016, Defendant became acquainted with Evie…