State v. Noltie

Facts of Case

Following a jury trial, the Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant Fredric Noltie's convictions of the crimes of statutory rape in the first degree and indecent liberties. We granted review and affirm.

In 1984, the defendant married Joanne and began living with Joanne and her then 5-year-old daughter, M. At the 1987 trial of this case, M testified to a pattern of sexual abuse beginning shortly after the defendant and her mother's marriage.

From 1984 through 1987, the defendant lived with them in three residences; at trial M testified to specific instances of sexual abuse based…