Angasan v. State

OPINION

Judge MANNHEIMER.

Trygve Angasan was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. The State's *1220case against Angasan was based on evidence that, in the early morning hours of September 19, 2009, Angasan used his mobile phone to trade dozens of text messages with the thirteen-year-old victim, and that he then drove to her house in a silver-colored Chevrolet owned by his family. The victim got into the vehicle, and she and Angasan drove off together. When Angasan stopped the car, he engaged in sexual penetration with the victim.

Several months after he was sentenced, Angasan filed a…