State v. Summey

HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.

Defendant Darrell Wayne Summey appeals from judgments entered after a jury found him guilty of multiple sex crimes committed against two of his stepdaughters and guilty of possession'of a firearm by a felon. Defendant contends the trial court erred: by denying his motion to dismiss the charge of first-degree statutory rape; by improperly expressing an opinion concerning an element of the statutory rape charge and by referring to the prosecuting witnesses as victims during the jury instructions; by improperly coercing a verdict from the jury; and by allowing the State…