Hatcher v. State

MeMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for rape in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. He was acquitted of the rape charge and was convicted of sexual abuse. He was subsequently sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.

The record indicates that the victim was 10 years of age when she came to live with the appellant and his wife, who was the victim’s sister. Another sister of the victim, who was also under the age of 16, moved in with the appellant and his wife at the same time, that being March 1987. The victim testified that on the first night that she had come to live…