State v. Tisdel

Defendant-appellant Robert Lee Tisdel was charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of sixteen. Count III was severed and subsequently dismissed. At the trial on Counts I and II, the prosecutrix, who was ten years old at the time of the alleged acts, testified that the defendant committed the acts charged in Count II. Her mother testified that she saw the defendant commit the acts charged in both counts. Defendant denied ever having any sexual conduct with the prosecutrix. The jury found defendant guilty as to Count II and not guilty as to Count I.…