State v. Mercer

MARQUARDT, J.:

Dustin E. Mercer appeals his jury conviction for rape and abuse of a child. We affirm.

The victim, B.B., was a 2-year-old girl at the time of the assault. B.B.’s mother (Mother) gave B.B. a bath the evening of September 22, 2000, and did not notice any marks on B.B.’s back or any injury to her eye. On September 23,2000, B.B.’s babysitter called Mother and reported that she thought B.B. had a cold and may have been running a fever because B.B. was very lethargic and wanted to sleep all day. B.B.’s father (Father) picked B.B. up at the babysitter’s house. Later in the day, Father…