Legal Opinion
Newton v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 29, 1983No. 2-283A65PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHIELDS, Judge.
The appellant, Michael Newton (Newton), was convicted of child molesting, a class B . felony, 1.0. 85-42-4-8(a) (Burns Code Ed., Supp.1983) and incest, a class D felony I.C. 35-46-1-8 (Burns Code Ed., Repl.1979). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of ten years. for the class B felony and two years for the class D felony. This appeal raises the following issues:(1) whether Indiana's child molesting statute is constitutional; .(2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in finding the seven-year-old prosecutrix competent to testify;(8) whether the trial court erred in…
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