State v. Wells

Memorandum Decision

GREENWOOD, Senior Judge:

{1 Defendant Ronnie R. Wells was charged with eight counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and four counts of lewdness involving a child, all arising from alleged incidents that occurred during the summer of 2011. The eight-year-old victim (Child), her older brother, and their little sister stayed with Wells and his wife (Grandmother) for a month that summer.2 During that stay, Child asked to talk with Grandmother in private. Child told Grandmother that she had been playing a game with Wells that involved him holding her upside down in the air…