Moua v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellants, Va Moua and Xia Fang Moua, were jointly tried on charges of rape, sexual exploitation of a child, and kidnapping with bodily injury. They were found guilty as charged on the rape and sexual exploitation counts but on the kidnapping count were found guilty of the lesser offense of false imprisonment. They bring this appeal from the denial of their motion for new trial. Held:

1. The evidence, construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find the appellants guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of each…