State v. Pritchard

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

This case involves changes in the state’s sodomy and child molestation laws that took effect on January 1, 1995. The offense alleged in this case occurred in August 1994, and defendant John Troy Pritchard was tried and sentenced in 1995. The central issue in this appeal deals with the effect of a change in criminal statutes after an alleged offense has occurred but prior to defendant’s trial and sentencing for the offense. Section 1.160 1 governs: it provides that a defendant is to be tried for the offense as defined by the law that existed at the time of the offense,…