State v. Becker

Following a trial to the court, defendant was convicted of several counts of rape and sexual abuse, all involving his younger sister, who was nine years old when the abuse began. He appeals his convictions and sentence, raising three assignments of error. We write to address only his first assignment of error, rejecting the others without discussion. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

We take the facts from the record and from the trial court’s extensive findings. In July 1999, the victim — who was then 14 years old — called her boyfriend’s mother, Olvera, and told her that she wanted…