Thompson v. State

BUCHANAN, Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

Appellant-defendant - Eric - Thompson (Thompson) appeals his conviction for child molesting, 1 a class C felony, claiming the court improperly excluded certain evidence, that the court erred when it communicated to the jury outside the presence of counsel, and that statements made by the prosecutor constituted prosecutorial misconduct.

We affirm.

FACTS

The facts most favorable to the verdict indicate that Thompson, a nineteen-year-old black male, first became acquainted with A.C., a fourteen-year-old white female, over the telephone. A.C. would periodically call…