Oatts v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROWN, Judge.
Arthur Oatts appeals his conviction for child molesting as a class C felony. 1 Oatts raises two issues, which we revise and restate as:
I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding evidence that the victim had previously viewed an allegedly pornographic video and had previously been molested; and
II. Whether the trial court erred by responding to jury questions during deliberations after the jury had indicated that it had arrived at a decision.
We affirm.
The relevant facts follow. In March 2007, A.S., who was born on February 28, 1999, went to visit her…
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