Horne v. State

Phipps, Judge.

A jury found Benjamin Jason Horne guilty of child molestation. He appeals, arguing that a prosecution witness improperly bolstered the victim’s credibility and that the trial court erred in charging the jury. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the conviction. We remand the case to the trial court, however, for a hearing on Horne’s claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

The victim, S. S., testified at trial that one night in September 2001, when she was 11 years old, she stayed up to watch a movie with her stepfather, Horne, after the rest of the household had gone…