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September 6, 2019 Court Affirms Molestation Convictions Despite Questionable Rape Shield Ruling

In State v. Nguyen, the defendant was accused of molesting and raping a 12-year-old girl. Prior to trial, the State…

August 3, 2019 Reversal of Molestation Conviction Due to Improperly Admitted Polygraph Evidence

The Court found that it was error for the trial court to allow the State to introduce evidence that the…

July 17, 2019 Court Upholds Computer Search and Affirms Molestation and Porn Convictions

The defendant was in jail for a probation violation when he called his wife and asked her to go to…

May 22, 2019 Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Motion to Withdraw Child Molestation Plea

The Court found that the trial court erred in dismissing the defendant’s motion. In Mullins v. State, the defendant entered…

April 23, 2019 Court Reverses Molestation Conviction Due to Improper Withdrawal of Counsel

The Court found that the defendant’s newly appointed counsel was simply unprepared to effectively represent him given that the case…

April 11, 2019 Prejudicial Molestation Testimony Leads to Reversal in Child Cruelty Case

The Court held that this testimony was extremely prejudicial and not at all relevant to the charged crime. In Maqrouf…

December 31, 2018 Aggravated Sexual Battery Conviction Reversed Due to Jury Charge Error

The Defendant was accused of molesting his 15-year-old niece and he was indicted on several counts of child molestation, aggravated…

November 26, 2018 Child Hearsay Error Leads to Reversal in Molestation Case

The defendant’s 16-year-old niece told her teacher that the defendant had touched her inappropriately on three separate occasions. The teacher…

November 8, 2018 Hearsay Statements to Doctors May be Admissible at Molestation Trial

The defendant was indicted for child molestation, incest, aggravated sexual battery, statutory rape, and aggravated child molestation. The alleged victim…

October 8, 2018 Innocence Project Exonerates Man Accused of Molestation

Joshua Horner was accused by his 16-year-old daughter of molesting her over a nine-year period. She alleged that he had…

July 28, 2018 Prior Conviction Improperly Admitted in Molestation Case

The defendant was charged with molesting his twelve-year-old niece. At a pretrial hearing, the court determined that the State could…

June 19, 2018 Court Upholds Deputy Admonishing Defendant in Front of Jury

It was also held that his trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a plea in bar on…

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