State v. Tapia

OPINION

HANISEE, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for five counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor (CSPM), five counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor (CSCM), and four counts of kidnapping. He asserts: (1) there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to support all but one of his convictions for CSPM and CSCM; (2) the State failed to prove two counts of CSPM were separate and distinct from one another; (3) the conduct charged as kidnapping was incidental to sexual assault and not a separate crime; (4) the jury instructions were contradictory, resulting in fundamental…