State v. Gresham

¶46 (concurring in part and dissenting in part) — The State of Washington charged petitioner Michael Tyrone Gresham with “three counts of child molestation in the first degree and one count of attempted child molestation in the first degree for repeatedly molesting an eight-year-old girl from 1998 to 2002.” State v. Gresham, 153 Wn. App. 659, 663, 223 P.3d 1194 (2009). A jury found Gresham guilty on all four charges. Id. The eight-year-old victim in the present case was young J.L. Majority at 417.

¶47 Unfortunately, J.L. was not Gresham’s first child victim. Prior to the repeated molestation…