State v. Rushton

OPINION

GRANT, Presiding Judge.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant John Thomas Rushton (“defendant”) was convicted following a jury trial of one count of indecent exposure. The jury failed to reach a verdict on three counts of child molestation alleged in the same indictment. The trial court suspended sentence on the indecent exposure conviction and placed defendant on probation for three years with a special condition that he serve one year in the county jail. Subsequently, defendant entered an Alford, 1 plea of guilty to one count of attempted child molestation in exchange for dismissal…