State v. Dinh Loc Ta

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

This appeal raises the issue of whether the State presented sufficient evidence of a lewd fondling or touching by proving that Dinh Loe Ta touched the faces, hair, arms, and legs of two young girls, touches the trial judge referred to as “relatively innocuous.” Because the touches did not tend to undermine the children’s morals and were not so clearly offensive as to outrage the moral senses of a reasonable person, we conclude the evidence against Ta was insufficient, and we reverse his convictions on two counts of aggravated indecent…