State v. Bray

WALLER, Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to’review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in State v. Bray, 335 S.C. 514, 517 S.E.2d 714 (Ct.App.1999). We affirm in result only.

*26FACTS

The facts, as set forth in the Court of Appeals’ opinion, are as follows:

Bray is the uncle of the alleged child victim in this case. The child and her mother, who is Bray’s sister, often spent weekends at the child’s maternal grandmother’s home in 1995 and early 1996. Bray lived in the grandmother’s home.

The child, who was five at the time of the alleged abuse and seven at the time of trial, testified that she often…