State v. Hill

CALABRIA, Judge.

Johnny Dwayne Hill (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of first-degree sexual offense. Because we determine that five of the six indictments were fatally defective, we vacate the judgments entered upon those indictments.

At trial, the State presented evidence that defendant frequently visited with his parents in the summer of 1999. Deborah H. (“Deborah”) lived in a trailer next to defendant’s parents with her two sons, B.S. (“B.S.”) and D.S. (“D.S.”), ages 15 and 11, respectively. Deborah, a single mother, worked long hours as a…