State v. Rodriguez

Ness, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of two counts of committing a lewd act upon a twelve year old child and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a fourteen year old child. We affirm.

Both incidents occurred at Beaufort Naval Hospital, a federal military installation. Both children were recuperating from appendectomies when appellant, who worked at the hospital, committed the lewd acts.

On appeal, neither party raised the issue of state court jurisdiction over the federal lands. We raised the issue sua sponte and remanded the case for a hearing. The trial court found the state had…