Clark v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Nathaniel Clark appeals from his convictions for statutory rape and child molestation. He contends that the trial court erred by admitting DNA evidence and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The record shows that a mentally impaired 15-year-old girl told a teacher that her mother’s live-in boyfriend, Clark, “had been sexually abusing her and she was afraid that she might be pregnant.” The victim testified that Clark had intercourse with her at her home when her mother was at work, that she went to “the abortion…