Corn v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

This appeal from criminal convictions challenges several evidentiary rulings by the trial court and the effectiveness of trial counsel. The challenges are without merit, so we affirm the convictions.

Christopher Com was accused of sexually assaulting three children. He denied the accusations and was tried before a jury. At trial, the state presented evidence that in 1997 Corn, his brother and another boy forced a 12-year-old girl to go into an empty press box at a ballpark. Once inside the press box, Corn and the others took turns forcing the girl to perform oral sex…