State v. Wolfe

Joseph E. Mahoney, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Scott H. Wolfe, was charged in an eight-count indictment with four counts of rape, in violation of R.C. 2907.02; one count of kidnapping, in violation of R.C. 2905.01; and. three counts of gross sexual imposition, in violation of R.C. 2907.05, for sexually abusing his stepdaughter, Angela Petsche. Appellant pled not guilty to the charges and was subsequently tried before a jury of his peers.

The evidence at trial established that the alleged abuse occurred between November 1982 and November 1984. Angela was bom on December 13,1978 and, thus, was…