Hollenquest v. State

Luther Hollenquest was charged by indictment with child molestation. A jury found the appellant "guilty as charged," and the trial court set punishment at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The appellant prosecutes this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial.

The prosecutrix, a seven year old child, resides in Brooklyn, New York. During December, 1979, she and her parents were visiting and staying with relatives in the Youngfort Village section of Montgomery, Alabama.

The appellant, a friend of the prosecutrix's family, visited with them everyday after he got off work. On…