State v. Long

SPINDEN, Judge.

Paul M. Long appeals the circuit court’s judgment to convict him of sexually molesting his 10-year-old daughter. Long challenges the sufficiency of the state’s evidence and the prosecutor’s information. He complains that the circuit court permitted the prosecutor to mischaracterize evidence, to call him a molester, to give personal opinions about witnesses and the evidence, and to make “other inflammatory and prejudicial comments.” He accuses the circuit court of committing plain error by including specific acts in its verdict-directing instruction, by admitting hearsay…