State v. Wheat

RENDLEN, Judge.

Larry Wheat, convicted of sexual abuse in the first and second degree, was sentenced as a prior offender to five years’ and one year imprisonment, respectively, for the offenses charged. His criminal conduct involved molesting two sisters, aged eleven and thirteen, who lived in a trailer home a short distance from defendant. They testified that defendant entered the bedroom where they had been sleeping and fondled their private parts, and though defendant admitted having been in the children’s room, he claimed he was watching over them while their father was at work on night…