Andrew Seal v. State of Indiana

Crone, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Andrew Seal appeals his conviction for committing level 1 felony child molesting against four-year-old S.P. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting his confession without independent evidence of the corpus delicti. Although he concedes that there is independent evidence that he committed level 4 felony child molesting by touching S.P.'s sex organ, he contends that the corpus delicti rule demands independent evidence of penetration of S.P.'s sex organ, which is the element that raises the offense to a higher felony level. He also argues…