Bayes v. State

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Senior Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Jerry L. Bayes (Bayes) appeals his convictions of two counts of child molesting, Class C felonies, Ind.Code § 35-42^1-3; child solicitation, a Class D felony, Ind.Code § 35-42^-6; and being an habitual offender, Ind.Code § 35-50-2-8.

We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Bayes presents one issue for our review which we restate as: whether the trial court erred when it instructed the jury regarding the uncorroborated testimony of the complaining witnesses.

Bayes was alleged to have inappropriately touched S.B., his wife’s thirteen-year-old…