People v. Talley

Opinion by

Judge RULAND.

Defendant, Andrew Talley, appeals from the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of sexual assault on a ten-year-old child. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Defendant was charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child under the age of fifteen. These charges arose out of two separate incidents; one of which took place at the house of the child’s grandmother and the other in an alley near the grandmother’s house. After trial to a jury, defendant was acquitted of the earlier incident.

I

Defendant first contends that the trial court…