State v. Velasquez

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The State appeals a reserved question of law following a jury’s acquittal of Andy J. Velasquez, II for child molesting as a class A felony and child molesting as a class C felony. 1

We affirm in part and reverse in part.

ISSUES

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in instructing the jury.

2. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in excluding evidence.

FACTS

G.S. was born in January of 2000. When G.S. was in the second grade, she resided in Bloomington with her mother (“Mother”), brother, and Velasquez, her stepfather. Velasquez cared for…