Rogers v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found John Rogers guilty of two counts of child molestation. Rogers appeals, arguing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred in admitting evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, 2 the evidence shows that Rogers began inappropriately touching his stepdaughter, F. W., when she was seven or eight years old. According to F. W., Rogers touched her vagina with his hands on numerous occasions while he was physically aroused and, at one point, had her stroke his penis…