Hopper v. State

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

The defendant-appellant James A. Hopper (Hopper) brings this direct appeal from a judgment of guilty of child molesting, a class C felony.

We affirm.

The evidence favorable to the verdict discloses that on January 4, 1984, Christine Stevens, Betty Hopper (Hopper's wife) and Renee Walk left Renee's two children, Bradley and the two and one-half year-old victim, J.W. with Hopper while the women went to a nearby store. Ten minutes later, after returning to the Hopper apartment, the women discovered the front door locked. Peering into the living room through a window,…