Mathis v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, Raymond S. Mathis, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court, Wagoner County, Case No. CRF-75-33, with the offense of Lewd Molestation, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 1123. He was tried by jury, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of six (6) years in the Oklahoma State penitentiary. From said judgment and sentence, the defendant has perfected his timely appeal to this Court.

The testimony at trial revealed that the defendant and the Reno family had been friends for about three years. During that period the defendant…