State v. Carter

ANDREASEN, Senior Judge.

The defendant claims his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the trial court’s response to a jury’s question and in failing to move for a judgment of acquittal on the charge of first-degree sexual abuse. Finding no error, we affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

A review of the record reveals substantial evidence from which the jury could have found the following facts. On August 25, 1996, a young woman asked an acquaintance, the defendant, Robert Carter, for a ride to a lounge. The defendant agreed; however, during the car ride he turned off of…