Legal Opinion

State v. TOSTER

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided October 19, 2004No. COA04-169Published

1Opinion of the Court

WYNN, Judge.

Defendant Ronald Toster appeals from his felony conviction of taking indecent liberties with a minor. On appeal, Defendant argues the trial court erred by refusing to dismiss the charge for lack of sufficiency of the evidence. After a thorough review of the record, we reject this argument and hold Defendant received a fair trial, free from prejudicial error.

At trial, the State's evidence tended to show that on 14 June 2002, the eight-year-old juvenile, along with her mother, visited the residence of Defendant, a family relative by marriage. While at the residence, juvenile began…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. IrwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  2. State v. EtheridgeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
  3. State v. LucasSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2001
  4. State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1996
  5. State v. HartnessSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990

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