Rafferty v. State

BAKER, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Phyllis Rafferty appeals her convictions following a jury trial for two counts of child molesting, both Class C felonies. 1 She raises fourteen issues for our review, but because we reverse, we address only these two restated issues:

I. Whether the trial court erroneously admitted both exhibits and testimony relating to sexually explicit paraphernalia.

II. Whether the trial court erroneously allowed the State to impeach its own witness.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Phyllis and Robert Rafferty endured a difficult marriage. 2 He slept alone upstairs while she slept in the…