Leon v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Defendant Everado Leon challenges his May 1997 convictions for child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and simple battery. We affirm.

The facts of this case, viewed in favor of the verdict,* 1 are as follows: On February 24, 1997, Leon’s stepdaughter, who was eleven years old at the time, told two friends at school that Leon had fondled and molested her on the previous Saturday, February 22,1997, while her mother was at work. She reported the same information to her school counselor, who encouraged her to tell her mother about the abuse. After the victim…