Legal Opinion
State v. L.J.M.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 29, 1995No. 13792-9-IIIPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchultheis, J.
L.M. was convicted of one count of first degree child rape. He contends there was no competent evidence sustaining the trial court’s ruling that it had jurisdiction over him and the issue of jurisdiction presented a jury question. We reverse and dismiss.
In May 1992, H.M., then eight years old, told his mother that his father had hurt him by inserting his penis into his anus. This first occurred in the winter of 1987 when H. was three years old. There was no testimony as to how many rapes followed, but this was a continuing practice over about a three-year period. The Okanogan County…
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