Staton v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

The appellant, Richard Staton, was charged with two counts of child molesting, Ind. Code § 35-42-4-3, and convicted on both counts after a trial by jury. He was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years plus ten years for aggravating circumstances on each count, the sentences to be served consecutively. His motion to correct error was denied and this appeal follows:

I

The first issue concerns three questions regarding the nine-year-old victim: whether the trial court should have granted the defendant’s petition seeking a mental examination of the victim; whether the trial court…