Wright v. State

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Russell Wright appeals his conviction for child molesting.

The facts relevant to this appeal disclose that the seven-year-old victim, M.M., lived with her mother, S.W., and her stepfather, the defendant Russell Wright. MM. testified at trial that the defendant had told her to lie on the floor with him. He then climbed on top of her and rubbed his penis between her legs. They were both fully clothed at the time.

MM. testified that similar incidents had occurred before and that it happened twice when they had their clothes partially off. On the latter occasions,…