State v. Hicks

WHICHARD, Justice.

Testimony presented by witnesses for the State tended to show that Ethel Ferrell and her three young children were living with defendant throughout the winter of 1984-85. In the spring of 1985, Mrs. Ferrell moved out with her children in anticipation of divorcing her husband and marrying defendant. When she asked her children how they felt about her plans, they responded nega tively, and Denise, one of the 6-year-old twins, explained to her mother that defendant had put his “privacy” into her “privacy.”

Denise later testified that on several evenings when her mother was away…