State v. Evans

A jury found Jerry L. Evans ("Defendant") guilty of one count of statutory sodomy in the first degree and two counts of statutory rape in the first degree. The victim was Defendant's biological daughter who was thirteen at the time of the offenses.1 Before trial, Defendant waived sentencing by a jury. Following the jury's return of its verdicts, the trial court sentenced Defendant to imprisonment for twenty years on each count with the sentences to run consecutively.

The victim was the first witness called to testify. The trial court recessed the trial for the day following the completion of…