State v. Middelstadt

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

This case is before this Court on an appeal from a conviction of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

A sixteen-year old girl who was living in the defendant’s home as a foster child, reported to her social worker that defendant had, a few days earlier, called her into his bedroom while he was reportedly home from work sick and engaged in sexual relations with her. The social worker removed the girl from the home and reported the incident to the police. The defendant was subsequently arrested, tried, and convicted by the court, sitting without a jury. He now…